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Bookmark or Share- Patent medicine - WikipediaA patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised by a trademark and trade name, and claimed to be effective against minor disorders and symptoms, [1][2][3] as opposed to a prescription drug that could be obtained only through a pharmacis...
- List of patent medicines - WikipediaA patent medicine, also known as a proprietary medicine or a nostrum (from the Latin nostrum remedium, or "our remedy") is a commercial product advertised to consumers as an over-the-counter medicine, generally for a variety of ailments, without regard to its actual effectiveness or the potential for harmful side effects.
- Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection HistoryThe term “patent medicine” came to describe all pre-packaged medicines sold “over-the-counter” without a doctor’s prescription. In the United States very few preparations were ever actually patented.
- Patent medicine Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PATENT MEDICINE is a nonprescription medicinal preparation that is typically protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also : any drug that is a proprietary.
- Patent Medicine - Encyclopedia.comPatent medicines first appeared in England in the 1600s. When a medication was patented, its formula was owned by the patent holder. No one else could duplicate and sell the medication. To qualify for a patent, a medicine only had to be original. It did not have to be either effective or safe.
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