Resources

Food and Drug Administration

Medicines in My Home—Student’s Room

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm093512.htm

Food and Drug Administration

Medicines in My Home—Teacher’s Kit

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm093548.htm

Harvard Medical School

Overdoing Acetaminophen

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/overdoing-acetaminophen.shtml

Food and Drug Administration

How to choose OTCs carefully

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/Choosingtherightover-the-countermedicineOTCs/ucm150299.htm

National Institute on Drug Abuse

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_rx1.php

Danger and facts about DXM abuse

http://www.dxmstories.com/dxm_abuse.html

PowerPoint Presentation on OTCs and Driving

http://www.powershow.com/view/37e56-ZTFlY/OVER_THE_COUNTER_DRUGS_CAN_GET_YOU_BUSTED

A brief history of OTC drugs

http://www.enotes.com/drugs-substances-encyclopedia/over-counter-drugs/overview