nonprescription

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ prescription.

Adjective

nonprescription (not comparable)

  1. (of medicine) Not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.
    • 1991 April 22, Elizabeth Yukins, “Needle Exchange Cases Could Alter Law”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Boston) has introduced a bill into the Committee on Health Care that would allow nonprescription sales and possession of needles. Massachusetts is one of 11 states in the U.S. that currently requires a prescription to purchase a needle.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      Then he called his doctor and requested a sleep aid, a short-term prescription, something a little more potent than the nonprescription stuff.
    • 2023 July 21, Amanda Musa, “The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available.
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