Welcome to Nigeria Insider. Today we bring you a complete list of drugs for a patent medicine store.
This article is for educational purpose only. DO NO ABUSE OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS. Thank you.
The list of the drugs below is approved by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. Whenever this list is updated by them, we’ll also update our article accordingly.
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What is a patent medicine store?
It is one where Over the Counter drugs are stocked and dispensed to individuals on daily basis. These kinds of medicine stores are mostly located in rural areas in the country.
Over-the-counter drugs are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid prescription.
List of Over the Counter drugs for Patent Medicine Store
| Medicine | Classification |
| Chondroitin + glucosamine | |
| Lusecor (Coriander), Orphateb (Caider) | |
| methyl salicylate | |
| Aluminium hydroxide | |
| Aluminium hydroxide + Magnesium hydroxide (with semiticone) | |
| Magnesium hydroxide | |
| Aluminium hydroxide + magnesium trisilicate | |
| Sodium bicarbonate | |
| Dicyclomide + Dimethicone | |
| Hyoscine N butyl bromide | |
| Salt | |
| Zinc sulphate | |
| Altapulgite + Pectine | |
| Kaolin | |
| Floranorm | |
| Bisacodyl | |
| Liquid paraffin | |
| Magnesium hydroxide | |
| Magnesium sulphate | |
| Senna | |
| Diosmin | |
| De-Deon’s B12 (Daily need) | |
| Ferrous salt | |
| Ferrous Salt + Folic acid | |
| Folic acid | |
| Ascorbic acid | |
| Cod liver oil | |
| Nicotinamide | |
| Aquavit-A (synergy) | |
| Sulbutiamine | |
| Thiamine | |
| Vitamin B12 + B6 + B1 | |
| Vitamin B complex | |
| Vitamin E | |
| Multivitamin and mineral preparation (propiotory | |
| Multivitamins and amino acid preparation | |
| Oral calcium | |
| Cyproheptadine | |
| Cyproheptadine + Vitamin + Amino acid | |
| Oral glucose | |
| Bromohexine + Terbutaline + Guaifenesin | |
| Carbocisteine | |
| Dextromethorphan | |
| Guafenesin | |
| Compound cough preparations | |
| Cetirizine | |
| Chlorphenamine | |
| Cyproheptadine | |
| Fexofenadine | |
| Loratidine | |
| Promethazine | |
| Amodiaquine | |
| Artemisinin Based combination therapy | |
| Artemeter + Lumefantrin (WMF 6.5.3), Amatem (Elbe), Artelum (M&B), Artemeter Plus (Neros), Artrin (Medriech), Co-Artesiane (Dafra), Coatal (Geneith), Lonart (Greenlife), Lufart (E-global), Lumac (SKG), Lumerax (IPCA), Malastop Forte (Mark), Nimartem (Neimeth), Pemametra (Pemason), Pro-fantrine (Korlyns), SMT (Jubilee), Tamether (Vixa) | |
| Artesunate | |
| Artesunate + Mefloquine | |
| Chloroquine | |
| Dihydroartemisinin | |
| Pyrimethamine | |
| Levamizole | |
| Piperazine | |
| Pyrantel | |
| Barririers | |
| Natural | |
| Tetrahydrozoline | |
| Hypo tears | |
| Xylometazoline | |
| Miscellaneous preparation | |
| Phenylephrine + Dimenhydrinate + Caffeine | |
| Phenylpropanololamine + Chlorpheniraminine + Paracetamol | |
| Pseudoephedrine | |
| Pseudoephedrine + Tripolidine | |
| Dequalinium | |
| Domiphen bromide | |
| Glycerine + Thymol | |
| Hexetidine | |
| Menthol + Ascorbic acid + Citric acid | |
| Menthol + Eucalyptus oil + Camphor + Thymol | |
| Neomycin + Bacitracin + Amylocaine + Menthol | |
| Methylprosanillinium chloride | |
| Benzoic acid + Salicylic acid | |
| Mesulphen + Sulphur | |
| Clotrimazole | |
| Miconazole | |
| Nystatin | |
| Selenium sulphide | |
| Tolnaftate | |
| Zinc undecenoate + Undecenoic acid preparations | |
| Benzylbenzoate | |
| Permethrin | |
| Funbact-A (Green life) | |
| Calamine | |
| Methylsalicylate | |
| Aluminium diacetate | |
| Calamine + Zinc oxide | |
| Benzoyl peroxide | |
| Heel (Zoomota) | |
| Titanium dioxide | |
| Folmadehydes solution | |
| Glutaral | |
| Centrimide | |
| Chlorhexidine | |
| Chlorine releasing compound | |
| Chlorinated lime + Boric acid (Eusol) | |
| Sodium hypochlorite | |
| Methylrosanilium | |
| Hydrogen peroxide | |
| Iodine | |
| Polyvidone iodine | |
| Methylated spirit | |
| Chloroxylenol | |
| Dichloroxylenol + Chlorophenol | |
| Eurosol and soap solution (Saponated cresols) | |
| Trichlorophenols | |
| Potassium permanganate | |
| Ethanol | |
| Glycerol |
