Have you ever noticed the colored circle logo on medicine packaging? This logo marks the drug class according to regulations in Indonesia, so the public can tell whether a medicine can be bought over the counter or requires a doctor’s prescription.<\/p>\n
A green circle with a black outline indicates an over-the-counter medicine, which is relatively safe and can be bought without a prescription. A blue circle with a black outline indicates a limited over-the-counter medicine, which can also be bought without a prescription but comes with special warning labels on the packaging that you must pay attention to.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a red circle with a black outline and the letter K in the middle indicates a prescription-only (hard) medicine. Medicines in this class may only be obtained with a doctor’s prescription, because their use needs supervision to prevent side effects and misuse.<\/p>\n
Although over-the-counter and limited over-the-counter medicines can be bought on your own, always use them according to the directions and stop if your symptoms do not improve. For prescription-only medicines, make sure you have a valid prescription. Prescriptions from doctors on DokterIN can be redeemed at partner pharmacies so the medicine you receive matches your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The circle logo on medicine packaging shows its drug class. Understand what green, blue, and red mean so you know which medicines require a doctor’s prescription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_dps_reviewed_by":"","_dps_reviewed_by_url":"","_dps_reviewed_by_new_tab":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicines-vitamins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}