over-the-counter drug

medicines sold directly to a consumer without a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may only be sold to consumers possessing a valid prescription
Organization legal_status_of_medicine Q1154971
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over-the-counter drug

Summary

over-the-counter drug is a legal status of medicine[1]. It draws 1,454 Wikipedia views per month (legal_status_of_medicine category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • over-the-counter drug's instance of is recorded as legal status of medicine[3].
  • over-the-counter drug is a type of medication[4].
  • over-the-counter drug is a type of nonprescription drugs[5].
  • over-the-counter drug's Commons category is recorded as Over the counter[6].
  • over-the-counter drug is the opposite of prescription drug[7].
  • over-the-counter drug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Over the counter[8].
  • over-the-counter drug's different from is recorded as OTC[9].
  • over-the-counter drug's different from is recorded as over-the-counter trading[10].
  • over-the-counter drug's different from is recorded as parapharmacy[11].
  • over-the-counter drug's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[12].

Why It Matters

over-the-counter drug draws 1,454 Wikipedia views per month (legal_status_of_medicine category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of medication, nonprescription drugs
    Instance of
    Topic's main category Category:Over the counter
    Opposite of prescription drug
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
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