[Khairan]

Originally Posted by Asvi

Salaam,

I have to doing a research project at work and I needed some help. What do you guys think about Over the Counter Drugs in the Workplace? Do you think its safe to keep non-presciption drugs at work? Should medicine be included as part of the First Aid? And how should one go about administering non-prescription drugs at work? eg. keep it in a vending machine or assign an employee to administer them etc...
If your answer is yes/no, please give a reason. Comments/suggestions are welcome.

Thanks !

AH

I'm not really sure what you're asking. OTC meds are by definition freely available, so I can't imagine there could be a rule preventing people from keeping them if they need them. Or, do you mean whether it is reasonable for a workplace to have an active policy of providing certain OTC meds to their employees or having them available?

If the latter, I don't think there are very many such meds that would be useful to have specifically in a place of work. Headache pills, perhaps, and certainly first aid kits are useful. Beyond that, why would you need anything else?