Editing Over-the-counter drug (section)

==Usage==
As of 2011, around a third of older adults in the US reportedly used OTC drugs, and this number is increasing.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Saha A, Balakrishnan S, Trivedi N, Abraham GM | title = Hypertension and Severe Hypokalemia Associated With Oral Ingestion of Topical Hydrocortisone Cream | language = en | journal = AACE Clinical Case Reports | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 2–4 | date = 2023-01-01 | pmid = 36654996 | pmc = 9837079 | doi = 10.1016/j.aace.2022.10.004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sánchez-Sánchez E, Fernández-Cerezo FL, Díaz-Jimenez J, Rosety-Rodriguez M, Díaz AJ, Ordonez FJ, Rosety MÁ, Rosety I | display-authors = 6 | title = Consumption of over-the-Counter Drugs: Prevalence and Type of Drugs | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 5530 | date = May 2021 | pmid = 34064096 | pmc = 8196755 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph18115530 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Qato DM, Wilder J, Schumm LP, Gillet V, Alexander GC | title = Changes in Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication and Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011 | journal = JAMA Internal Medicine | volume = 176 | issue = 4 | pages = 473–482 | date = April 2016 | pmid = 26998708 | pmc = 5024734 | doi = 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8581 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Esher A, Coutinho T | title = Rational use of medicines, pharmaceuticalization and uses of methylphenidate | language = pt | journal = Ciencia & Saude Coletiva | volume = 22 | issue = 8 | pages = 2571–2580 | date = August 2017 | pmid = 28793073 | doi = 10.1590/1413-81232017228.08622017 | doi-access = free }}</ref> By 2018, the prevalence of use by adults in the U.S. as first-line treatment for minor illnesses had reached 81%: however, there is some debate as to whether this figure relates to an actual improvement of health.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sánchez-Sánchez E, Fernández-Cerezo FL, Díaz-Jimenez J, Rosety-Rodriguez M, Díaz AJ, Ordonez FJ, Rosety MÁ, Rosety I | display-authors = 6 | title = Consumption of over-the-Counter Drugs: Prevalence and Type of Drugs | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 5530 | date = May 2021 | pmid = 34064096 | pmc = 8196755 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph18115530 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Saha A, Balakrishnan S, Trivedi N, Abraham GM | title = Hypertension and Severe Hypokalemia Associated With Oral Ingestion of Topical Hydrocortisone Cream | language = English | journal = AACE Clinical Case Reports | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 2–4 | date = 2023-01-01 | pmid = 36654996 | pmc = 9837079 | doi = 10.1016/j.aace.2022.10.004 }}</ref>