Over-The-Counter (OTC) medicines can be purchased without a prescription from the doctor. However, OTC medicines can cause adverse effects resulting into allergic reactions, side-effects, especially in children who are being given medication for the first time. Health and wellness of children being a top priority for parents, they highly prefer prescribed medicine from doctors or pediatrics. According to some leading associations, as based on self-diagnosis and self-care decision, OTC pediatric medicines can have harmful effects, especially if a child is given more than the recommended dose. The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) also warns against the use of codeine to treat pain or a cough in children younger than 12 years of age, as it can result in serious breathing problems among children. Some legally classified OTC medications are also highly addictive, hence to prevent illegal drug production, these OTC drugs are only available 'behind the counter' in a pharmacy. In most of the cases people are not aware of this kind of drugs, hence this is also hampering the growth of global OTC pediatric healthcare market.