Generally speaking, there are only four different types of medications that you would come across. These are:
General Sales List Pharmacy Medicines Prescription Only Medicines Controlled Drugs The 4 Categories of Medication These categories all have their own unique marks by which to identify them and there are different rules surrounding the use of them. Here they are broken down:
General Sales List (GSL)
GSLs are a type of medicine that have few legal restrictions. They can be bought almost anywhere.
Although these medicines are typically deemed “not dangerous”, it doesn’t mean that they come with no risk - so you should still be careful when administering them to a person.