OTC pediatric aspirin (1 1/4 grain size) can be sold in at most how many tablets?

• A. 10 tablets
• B. 100 tablets
• C. 36 tablets or less
• D. 50 tablets

Answer: (C)

The principle at work is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act’s household-quantities exemption for nonprescription drugs like aspirin. This rule allows sale without child-resistant packaging only when the package contains a limited number of dosage units. For a pediatric aspirin tablet sized 1¼ grain (about 80 mg per tablet), the limit is based on dosage units per package, not total milligrams. Therefore, you can sell at most 36 tablets in a single package without required child-resistant packaging; more than that would require child-resistant packaging. Hence, 36 tablets or less is the correct limit.