Non-Prescription Medicines assesses the range of OTC medicines that can be recommended for the most frequently encountered minor illnesses, plus emergency hormonal contraception and smoking cessation.

Features:

• Covers 40 common conditions
• Includes new chapters on cardiovascular medicines, fungal nail infection, and migraine
• Discusses the treatment of each condition, with recommendations from the products available
• Includes evidence to support the product advice

Contents

1. Acne
2. Athlete's Foot
3. Cardiovascular Medicines
4. Colds
5. Cold Sores
6. Constipation
7. Corns and Calluses
8. Cough
9. Cradle Cap
10. Cystitis
11. Dandruff and Seborrhoeic Dermatitis
12. Diarrhea
13. Dry Skin
14. Ear Problems
15. Emergency Hormonal Contraception
16. Eye Conditions
17. Fungal Nail Infection (Onychomycosis)
18. Haemorrhoids
19. Hay Fever
20. Head Ice
21. Indigestion
22. Insect Bites and Stings
23. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
24. Irritant and Allergic Dermatitis and Mild Eczema
25. Migraine
26. Motion Sickness
27. Mouth Ulcers
28. Nappy Rash
29. Oral Thrush
30. Pain
31. Pattern Baldness
32. Premenstrual syndrome
33. Scabies
34. Smoking Cessation Products
35. Sore Throat
36. Temporary Sleep Disturbance
37. Threadworm and Roundworm
38. Vaginal Candidiasis
39. Vaginitis and Vaginal Dryness
40. Verrucas
41. Warts

Index

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