ABSTRACT
Drugs, however, are among the goods on which more information is required, in order to avoid damage to the last link in the chain, the consumer. The efficacy of information on progress and change depends, of course, on the primary education received by the person to be informed. Information given to nurses on non-prescription drugs should be more explicit than that given to the average consumer and could consist in the distribution of drug information sheets actually prepared for physicians. Devising such courses would be an interesting and important task for pharmacologists who are thoroughly familiar with the conditions of the country for which health workers are being trained. The important role of nurses in the distribution of drugs to consumers has been outlined. Decisions on the number of drugs allowed to be sold over-the-counter and the selection of such drugs, therefore, are amongst the most difficult tasks of legislators and licensing authorities.
