Patent ID: 7328919

Claim:
A medication purchasing identification system that allows a purchaser to identify on an over-the-counter shelf an over-the-counter drug intended by a caregiver to be procured as a caregiver treatment component advised for use together with a prescription medication prescribed by the caregiver, said system comprising: a prescription medication in a prepackaged dispensing container; a separate over-the-counter medication in a prepackaged dispensing container, said over-the-counter prepackaged dispensing container being configured for displaying on said over-the-counter shelf and for procuring by the purchaser; linking indicia on said over-the-counter medication dispensing container designated and displayed by a manufacturer of said over-the-counter medication prior to purchase by the purchaser; and a medication procurement guide having a replica of said linking indicia thereon that links the purchase of said over-the-counter medication to the purchase of said prescription medication wherein said linking indicia facilitates identification by the purchaser of said caregiver-intended over-the-counter medication on said over-the-counter shelf to be procured by the purchaser as said caregiver-intended treatment component advised for use together with said prescription medication.