Then email or text alerts tell them their prescription is ready, eliminating the need to wait near the prescription counter.
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The other pain is that the patient is not in a Walgreen store picking up items like lipstick and beach balls on the way to the prescription counter.
The RAC has also warned that some over-the-counter and prescription drugs can impair driving ability.
Condoms and sponges, for example, are not deductible since they are available not by prescription but over the counter.
Your doctor may suggest a stretching program, certain exercises, over-the-counter or prescription pain relievers or muscle relaxants for severe or repeated cramps.
For more severe allergies, over-the-counter and prescription medications can help.
Prof Nutt said this meant "we have no-one now looking at that vast group of people who prescribe drugs and advise people about drugs, drug harms from the over-the-counter and prescription side".
But while there is compelling evidence that illegal, over-the-counter, and prescription drugs are playing an increasing role in traffic crashes, there are no standards or testing criteria for these substances, and their role in crashes is often under-reported.
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What medications are you taking, including prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, herbs and supplements?
If SCP-1 gets through the FDA's hoops, the new morning-after-Mardi-Gras pain relief may be available by prescription in 2005 and over the counter by 2007.
Contraceptives are only available by prescription, instead of over the counter.
While 80% of people around the world use traditional medicines, people in North America cannot get through life without taking some manner of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
However, a new type of mandate is emerging that may initially appear different, but it can have a similar impact: the effort in Kentucky, Indiana and Kansas to have some over-the-counter drugs reclassified as prescription only.
Although over-the-counter medicines are cheaper than prescription drugs, they are often still pricier than generic copycats.
What medications is your loved one taking, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, herbs and supplements?
Provide doctors with an up-to-date list of all prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements the patient is taking.
Health Saving Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts will no longer cover many over-the-counter products, necessitating a prescription for these products and overwhelming doctors.
Other prescription drugs have successfully managed to obtain three years of exclusivity when they switched from being prescription drugs to being sold over the counter, Krensavage says.
For starters, over-the-counter medications tend to be cheaper than prescription drugs.
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The group said that orlistat, sold in prescription form as Xenical and over-the-counter as Alli, causes serious side effects such as liver injury and kidney failure.
Starting Jan. 1, you can no longer use your FSA dollars to buy over-the-counter drugs, unless you have a prescription or letter of medical necessity from a doctor.
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In the Nielsen survey, 37% of flexible-spending account users said they would ask their doctor about prescription drugs that could replace their over-the-counter medicines.
They are prescription-only drugs in some countries and available over the counter in others.
Two cholesterol-lowering drugs sold only by prescription were in lower doses considered for over-the-counter sale.
If Schering switches Claritin to over-the-counter status on its own, it could prevent prescription generic versions from hitting the market and eroding Clarinex sales.
Despite the hopes of Mr. Pewen in the Senate, some consumers think they will be better off getting a prescription-only drug in place of an over-the-counter medication.
To try and soften this terrific blow, Schering-Plough decided to sell Claritin over the counter, a move that could keep generics out of the prescription market.
Plan B is available from generic manufacturers over-the-counter for women 17 and older and Ella is available by prescription only, for all ages, and prevents pregnancy within five days of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure.
The Wyeth move could be bad news not only for over-the-counter Claritin, but also for Clarinex, Schering's current prescription allergy pill.
Emergency contraception has been available by prescription in the US since 1999, before regulators approved over-the-counter sales of the drug in 2006.
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