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HEALTH
Quarter 4 – Module 4
Consumer Health,
Over-the-Counter and
Prescription Medicines

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Introduction

People consume goods and services for their daily needs. For this reason, it is
important to learn about the basic rights and responsibilities of each consumer and
gain more knowledge on preventive medicine and services to achieve a good quality
of living.

This module is designed to help you understand the importance and components of
consumer health. It also includes basic information about over-the-counter and
prescription medicines which is essential in improving your overall health.

At the end of the module, you are expected to:

1. explain the importance of consumer health;

2. explain the different components of consumer health;
3. differentiate over-the-counter from prescription medicines;
4. give examples of over-the-counter and prescription medicines; and
5. explain the uses of some over-the-counter and prescription medicines.

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 What I Know
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper
(Write your name, grade, section, subject, quarter, and module number).

1. It pertains to the aspect of the wise purchase of health products and services in
order to obtain the ultimate satisfaction and wellness of the body.
A. environmental health C. personal hygiene
B. consumer health D. nutrional status

2. Which of the following is NOT a component of consumer health?

A. health agencies C. health services
B. health information D. health products

3. They provide health care services to people, families, or communities.

A. Health professionals C. legal council
B. consumer D. teachers

4. Who are the consumers?

A. They offer health services C. They do not buy products
B. They buy products and services D. They provide information only

5. These refer to substances, materials, or equipment prepared or manufactured

for you to buy and use for the maintenance of health and treatment of diseases.
A. health information C. health services
B. nutritional health D. health products

6. These are medicines you can purchase from pharmacies without a prescription
from the doctors.
A. Over-the-counter medicines C. Antidepressants
B. Prescription medicines D. Antibiotics

7. What is the best thing to do when you noticed that the product that you
purchased from a store was broken and unsealed?
A. Give it to your close friend. C. Let it pass and buy a new one.
B. Return it and request for a replacement. D. Post the incident on social media.

8. These are health products that are used to cure health problems and concerns.
A. Antacids C. Cleaning Agents
B. Medicine D. Pain Relievers

9. These are medicines used to treat bacterial infections.

A. Antibiotics C. Paracetamol
B. Laxatives D. Analgesics

10. How are prescription medicines different from Over-The-Counter (OTC) ones?
A. They contain much smaller amounts of active ingredients.
B. They're unsafe for use without medical supervision.
C. They don't contain preservatives.
D. They can be toxic.

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 LESSON Importance and Components
1 of Consumer Health

What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

1. explain the importance of consumer health; and

2. explain the different components of consumer health.

What’s In

Using your MAPEH notebook, draw the diagram and write the things you should
consider when buying products in the store. Put your answers inside the boxes.

STORE

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 What’s New / What Is It

What Is Consumer Health?

Consumer health pertains to the aspect of the wise purchase of health products and
services to obtain the ultimate satisfaction and wellness of the body.

How important is consumer health?

People consume goods, services, and gifts of nature for their day-to-day existence on
Earth. It is for this reason that people should be aware of vital health topics and be
educated about preventive medicine and services to achieve individuals with
knowledge, skills, aptitudes, values, and capacity to become responsible consumers.

Consumer health helps people in the following aspects:

Acquire knowledge Exercise

of laws to protect consumer’s rights
the health

Choose heartful Take action if

entertainment rights are violated

Manage time and Investigate health

money careers.

Get information
Have responsible
about health
choices about
products and
health care
their effects on
providers and
health through
facilities
technology

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 What are the rights of the consumer?

1. The right to choose.

2. The right to be heard.
3. The right to safety.
4. The right to be informed.
5. The right to satisfaction of basic needs.
6. The right to redress or remedy.
7. The right to consumer education.
8. The right to environmental health.

What are the components of consumer health?

Components of Consumer
Health

Health Health products Health Services

Information

What are the sources of health information?

Health information can be drawn from health professionals, educators, scientists,

and the public to make health and safety news widely available. Consumer health
tools are the media like the radio and television, printed materials such as
magazines, newspapers or newsletters, and books, the internet, computers, and
other information and communication systems to raise awareness on important
health topics and educate the public about preventive medicine.

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 What are the sources of health products commonly used by
consumers?

Medicines Food

Health
Products

Cleaning Agents Personal Care

What are the health services enjoyed by the consumers?

Different helpful health services are being experienced and enjoyed by the
consumers. These services are carried out by health professionals such as the
following:

Health Professional Health Services Offered

Physicians work to maintain, promote,

and restore health by studying,
diagnosing, and treating injuries and
diseases,

Physician

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 Nurses receive special additional
training to perform physical
examinations, make diagnoses, and
prescribe treatment, often under the
supervision of a physician.
Nurse

Pharmacists are professionally qualified

to prepare and dispense medicinal
drugs. They advise patients about
medicines, including how to take them,
and what reactions may occur.

Pharmacist

Also known as a dental surgeon, a

dentist is a health care practitioner who
specializes in the diagnosis, prevention,
and treatment of diseases and
conditions of the oral cavity.

Dentist

An ophthalmologist can diagnose and

treat problems related to the eyes and
vision, including vision correction with
glasses, or contact lenses and treatment
of diseases such as glaucoma.
Ophthalmologist

A radiologist makes use of radiology

methods such as X-ray, ultrasound,
and nuclear medicine or diagnosing and
treating diseases using radiation.

Radiologist

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 What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks. Write the answers in your MAPEH notebook.

A. ______________________ pertains to the aspect of wise purchase of health

products and services in order to obtain the ultimate satisfaction and wellness
of the body.

B. What are the rights of the consumers?

1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. ________________________________
7. ________________________________
8. ________________________________

C. What are the components of consumer health?

1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________

What I Can Do

To increase awareness on consumer health, create a brochure about its three

components namely: health information, health products, and health services, in a
creative manner. A sample format is given for your guidance. The words to be used
must be in the English language. In addition, use a short-sized bond paper for this
activity. A rubric is also provided on the next page on how your output will be graded.

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 Sample Brochure Format

Divide the short-sized bond paper into three (3) sections and follow the guidelines
below on what to put in each section.

Health Information Health Products Health Services

Write at least three (3) Draw or attach pictures of Write at least three (3)
ways on how to prevent at least three (3) health health services available
the spread of Coronavirus products and provide a in your barangay. You
disease. You may draw or short description of their may draw or attach
attach important images. purpose or benefits. pictures of these services
with short descriptions
including schedules
among others.

Rubric for Brochure Making

Criteria 4 (points) 3 (points) 2 (points) 1 (point)

Fewer than
99-90% of the 89-80% of the
All facts in the 80% of the
Content - facts in the facts in the
brochure are facts in the
Accuracy brochure are brochure are
accurate. brochure are
accurate. accurate
accurate.
The brochure The brochure
The brochure The brochure
communicates communicates
communicates communicates
relevant irrelevant
relevant irrelevant
information information
information information or
Ideas appropriately and
appropriately communicates
and effectively communicates
to the inappropriately
to the inappropriately
intended to the intended
intended to the intended
audience. audience.
audience. audience
The brochure
has The brochure The brochure's
exceptionally has attractive The brochure formatting and
Design and attractive formatting has well- organization of
Organization formatting and well- organized material are
and well- organized information. confusing to
organized information. the reader.
information.
No One or two Three Four or more
misspellings misspellings misspellings misspellings
Spelling and
or and/or and/or and/or
Grammar
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors errors errors errors

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 LESSON Over-The-Counter and
2 Prescription Medicines

What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

1. differentiate over-the-counter from prescription medicines;

2. give examples of over the counter and prescription medicines; and
3. explain the uses of some over-the-counter and prescription medicines.

What’s In

Using your MAPEH notebook, draw the diagram and write the different medicines that
your family has bought from the pharmacy inside the boxes.

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 What’s New / What Is It

Medicines are drugs used to diagnose, cure, treat, and/or prevent any illness or
disease from its symptoms. They are health products that are important in
addressing health problems. There are two main classifications of medicine
according to how they may be obtained: over-the-counter medicine and prescription
medicine.

What are over-the-counter medicines?

Over-the-Counter (OTC) drugs are medicines sold directly to a customer without a

prescription from a healthcare professional. OTC drugs are selected by a regulatory
agency to ensure that they contain ingredients that are safe and effective when used
without a physician’s care. Examples of OTC medicines and their uses are:

Over-the-Counter (OTC)
Uses
Medicines
Are a class of medicines that help to
1. Antacids
neutralize the acid content.

Known as painkillers, are used to relieve

2. Analgesics
pain and to achieve analgesia.

are substances that reduce fever. The

3. Antipyretics body works to lower the temperature,
resulting in fever reduction.

is any medication which provides relief

4. Antidiarrheal
for diarrhea.

Are foods, compounds, and/or drugs

5. Laxatives that are most often used to treat
constipation.

Is a drug that is used to relieve nasal

6. Decongestant congestion in the upper respiratory
tract.

Are used in the treatment of allergic

7. Antihistamines
disorders and some other conditions.

Is a medicine used in the treatment of

8. Carbocisteine
excessive viscous mucus or phlegm.

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 Is a pain reliever and fever reducer. It is
9. Paracetamol used to treat headaches, muscle aches,
toothache, and colds.

What are prescription medicines?

Prescription medicines are drugs that must be taken with a doctor’s supervision or
require authorization from the physician upon purchase. It is a licensed medicine
that is regulated by the legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be
obtained.

Prescription Medicines Uses

Also known as antibacterial, are types of

medications that destroy or slow down
1. Antibiotics
the growth of bacteria. It is used to treat
infections caused by bacteria.

These are drugs used for the treatment

of major depressive disorder and other
conditions, including dysthymia,
anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive
2. Antidepressants
disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain,
neuropathic pain, and in some cases,
dysmenorrhea, snoring, migraines,
substance abuse, and sleep disorders.

These are drugs that are used to treat

hypertension (high blood pressure).
3. Antihypertensive Antihypertensive therapy seeks to
prevent the complications of high blood
pressure, such as stroke.

What are generic drugs?

Generic drugs are medicines that are chemical clones of a drug sold under a brand
name. There are generic versions of prescription drugs and OTC drugs.

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 What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks. Write the answers in your MAPEH notebook.

A. ______________________ are medicines sold directly to a customer without a

prescription from a healthcare professional while ___________________________
are drugs that must be taken with a doctor’s supervision or require
authorization from the physician upon purchase.

B. What are the examples of over-the-counter medicines?

1. _____________________ 6. _____________________
2. _____________________ 7. _____________________
3. _____________________ 8. _____________________
4. _____________________ 9. _____________________
5. _____________________

C. What are the examples of prescription medicines?

1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________

What I Can Do

Group the following medicines according to their types or classifications.

Use the chart below in grouping the medicines. Do this in your Health
notebook.

Analgesic Antibiotic Antidiarrheal Antipyretic Decongestant

Antacid Antidepressant Laxatives Paracetamol Antihypertensive

Over-the-Counter Medicines Prescription Medicines

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 Assessment
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper
(Write your name, grade, section, subject, quarter, and module number).

1. These are health products that are used to cure health problems and concerns.
A. Antacids C. Cleaning Agents
B. Medicine D. Pain Relievers

2. These are medicines you can purchase from pharmacies without a prescription
from the doctors.
A. Over-the-counter medicines C. Antidepressants
B. Prescription medicines D. Antibiotics

3. Who are the consumers?

A. They offer health services C. They do not buy products
B. They buy products and services D. They provide information only

4. These are medicines used to treat bacterial infections.

A. Antibiotics B. Analgesics. C. Laxatives D. Paracetamol

5. What would be the best thing to do when you noticed that the product that you
purchased from a store was broken and unsealed?
A. Give it to your close friend. C. Let it pass and buy a new one.
B. Return it and request for a replacement. D. Post the incident on social media.

6. Which of the following is NOT a component of consumer health?

A. health agencies C. health services
B. health information D. health products

7. They provide health care services to people, families, or communities.

A. Health professionals C. legal council
B. consumer D. teachers

8. How are prescription medicines different from Over-The-Counter (OTC) ones?

A. They contain much smaller amounts of active ingredients.
B. They're unsafe for use without medical supervision.
C. They don't contain preservatives.
D. They can be toxic.

9. These refer to substances, materials, or equipment prepared or manufactured

for you to buy and use for the maintenance of health and treatment of diseases.
A. health information C. health services
B. nutritional health D. health products

10. It pertains to the aspect of the wise purchase of health products and services in
order to obtain the ultimate satisfaction and wellness of the body.
A. environmental health C. personal hygiene
B. consumer health D. nutrional status

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