Drug | Amount |
Aspirin | Any for human use in oral form. EXCEPTION: Effervescent tablets with no more than 15% (but it must have an oral LD50 of 5g/kg or more), and Unflavored preparations in powder form (but not for peds) that are unit dosed with no more than 15.4 grains |
Furniture Polish | 10% or more petrolatum distillates |
Methyl Salicylate (oil of wintergreen) | Liquid preparations with more than 5% by weight. Exemptions: pressurized spray containers, creams, ointments. |
Controlled drugs | for oral human use. No exceptions |
Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide | In dry form containing 10% or more by weight, in other forms containing 2% or more by weight |
Turpentine | 10% or more by weight |
Kindling/illuminating preparations | 10% or more by weight of petroleum distillates |
Methyl Alcohol (methanol) | 4% or more by weight |
Sulfuric Acid | 10% or more by weight |
Prescription Drugs | Any drug for human use in oral dosage form that is required to be dispensed by prescription |
Ethylene Glycol | 10% or more |
Iron containing drugs | non-injectable, animal and human drugs with a total amount of 250 mg elemental iron PER PACKAGE for therapeutic/prophylactic purposes |
Iron containing dietary supplements | 250 mg or more elemental iron per package |
Solvents for paint | 10% or more benzene, toluene, xylene, petroleum distillates |
Acetaminophen | containing more than 1 gram per package. EXCEPTION: Effervescent tablets with no more than 15% (but it must have an oral LD50 of 5g/kg or more), and Unflavored preparations in powder form (but not for peds) that are unit dosed with no more than 13 grains |
Diphenhydramine | containing more than 66 mg per package |
Glue removers with acetonitrile | more than 500 mg in the container |
Permanent wave neutralizers | more than 600 mg sodium bromate or 50 mg potassium bromate |
Ibuprofen | 1 gram or more per package |
Loperamide | more than 0.045 mg per package |
Mouthwash | 3 grams or more ethanol per package |
Lidocaine | more than 5 mg per package. Includes all dosage forms including creams, sprays, transdermal packages. |
Dibucaine | more than 0.5 mg per package. Includes all dosage forms including creams, sprays, transdermal packages. |
Naproxen | 250 mg or more per package |
Ketoprofen | more than 50 mg per package |
Fluoride | more than 50 mg elemental and more than 0.5 % in a single package |
Minoxidil | more than 14 mg per package. topical otc must comply with special packaging requirements. |
Methacrylic Acid | more than 5% w/v per package |
OTC Drug products | that contain any ingredient that was previously available only with an rx |
Hazardous substances with low-viscosity hydrocarbons | 10% or more by weight |
Drugs and cosmetics with low-viscosity hydrocarbon | 10% or more by weight with a viscosity of less than 100 SUS 100 degrees F |
Sublingual nitroglycerin | EXEMPTED |
Sublingual, chewable isosorbide dinitrate | EXEMPTED if 10 mg or less |
Erythromycin ethylsuccinate granules for oral suspension/oral suspensions | EXEMPTED if not more than 8g of erythromycin |
Erythromycin ethlsuccinate tablets | EXEMPTED if in package containing no more than 16g of erythromycin |
Anhydrous cholestyramine in powder form | EXEMPTED |
Potassium supplements in unit dose forms | EXEMPTED if no more than 50 mEq per unit dose (includes effervescent tabs unit dose vials of liquid, and powdered packets) |
Sodium fluoride | EXEMPTED with no more than 264 mg per package (includes liquid and tablet) |
Betamethasone tablets | EXEMPTED if in manufacturer's package with no more than 12.6 mg |
Mebendazole tablets | EXEMPTED if no more than 600 mg |
Methylprednisolone tablets | EXEMPTED if no more than 84 mg |
Colestipol powder | EXEMPTED if no more than 5 grams |
Pancrelipase | EXEMPTED - preparations in tablet, capsule, powder form |
Cyclic Oral Contraceptives (with progesterone and/or estrogen)- in memory aid dispenser | EXEMPTED |
Prednisone tablets | EXEMPTED if no more than 105 mg per package |
Conjugated estrogen tablets - in memory aid dispenser | EXEMPTED if no more than 32 mg per package |
Norethindrone - in memory aid dispenser | EXEMPTED if no more than 50 mg per package |
Medroxyprogesterone acetate | EXEMPTED |
Sacrosidase (sucrase) | EXEMPTED if preparation in solution of glycerol and water |
Hormone Replacement Therapy (with only estrogen and/or progesterone) | EXEMPTED |