Drug Ther Bull. 1994 Jan 20;32(1):4-5. doi: 10.1136/dtb.1994.3214.
In the UK last year approximately 4.25 billion pounds was spent on medicines. About 80% of this went on prescribed drugs provided on the NHS. The remainder was spent on medicines prescribed privately and those bought over the counter (OTC) without prescription. In this article we consider OTC medicines and discuss how doctors can advise patients about the 500 or so products that cost less than the prescription charge (currently 4.25 pounds per item).
去年在英国，药品支出约为42.5亿英镑。其中约80%用于国民医疗服务体系（NHS）提供的处方药。其余部分则用于私人处方药品以及无需处方即可在柜台购买的非处方药（OTC）。在本文中，我们将探讨非处方药，并讨论医生如何就500种左右价格低于处方费用（目前每件4.25英镑）的药品向患者提供建议。
