1 / 6These days the number of diseases has increased very much. The reason for this is the changed lifestyle of people. Due to wrong eating and drinking habits, people have to constantly rely on medicines. People's homes are piled high with pills and pill strips. 2 / 6They do not read the information on the pill strip properly. Also they do not take information about the indication on it. As you have often seen, there is a red line on the pill strip. But do you know what that means? No? Let's know the meaning of this red line.3 / 6Common people do not know anything about this red line. In this case people take any medicine from medical without doctor's advice and then they face problem. So, some things have to be taken care of while buying medicines.4 / 6Apart from the red line, there are many other things written on the medicine strip. About which you need to know. Some pill packets have Rx written on them, which means that the medicine should be taken only on the advice of a doctor.5 / 6So the packets of the medicines have NRx written on them. This means that only a doctor who has a licensed narcotics license can prescribe this drug.6 / 6Some medicines have XRx written on their packets, which means that the medicine can only be taken by a doctor. This medicine can be administered directly to patients by doctors. Patients cannot buy this drug in any medical store. Even if the doctor has written a note.