The Standing of OTC Medicines in Community Practice

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Pharmacy is embarking on a Special Issue dedicated to matters pertaining to over-the-counter medicines. I invite you to consider whether you can contribute to this endeavour.

The scope will be broad, from epidemiologic data to drug regulations to pharmacist-assisted care to education/training. Included in that scope will be research-oriented information you possibly have ready for publication, but just as importantly, practical tips for pharmacists at the community pharmacy level. These latter approaches would be written in a style conducive to practitioners rather than researchers in the field.

While such calls in other journals tend to focus on original research papers, as is the case here, I encourage you to also consider insight papers, opinions, and reviews of topics that readers would find of interest. For example, examinations could take the angle of drug-related problems uncovered by pharmacists, OTC medicine misuse, ADR rates, dynamics of OTC medicine use, issues emanating from Rx-to-OTC switches, patient behaviour relevant to self-care/self-medication, the role of the pharmacist, to how students are trained in the area. Perspectives could include aspects of your own research, but taken to a broader level to reflect activities specific to your part of the world, such as The Status of Pharmacy Practice Activities Involving OTC Medicines in your country. 

Many thanks for considering this.  

Respectfully,

Prof. Dr. Jeff Taylor
Guest Editor

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