A tablet written without a prescription could be an IPAD.
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In other countries, oral contraception is available without a prescription.
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In most countries, melatonin can be purchased without a prescription.
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Under the bill, their sale would be banned without a prescription.
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Naloxone is not universally available from pharmacies nationwide without a prescription.
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In 2013, Plan B was made available to women without a prescription.
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"It's not safe to take an antibiotic without a prescription," Gerber added.
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Explorer costs $89 and is available without a prescription from a doctor.
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New Yorkers can also pick up naloxone at most pharmacies without a prescription.
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It is against the law for consumers to buy lenses without a prescription.
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They're also cheap and easily available online or in stores without a prescription.
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But Indiana law made it illegal to possess a syringe without a prescription.
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Because it's available without a prescription, it's often not covered by insurance companies.
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Donald Trump thinks women should be able to obtain birth control without a prescription.
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Also known as paracetamol, acetaminophen has been available without a prescription since the 1950s.
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Possession of a needle without a prescription was illegal, but H.I.V. cases kept doubling.
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Many countries allow birth control access without a prescription; the US and Europe are outliers.
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Indeed, dozens of other countries make birth-control medications available to women without a prescription.
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Last week, Walgreens began offering the antidote without a prescription in their New York pharmacies.
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The casual handing out of antibiotics without a prescription is not only confined to Thailand.
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David McKinley: Does Facebook allow online pharmacies to sell illegal drugs online without a prescription?
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The only difference is that window treatments definitely won't make you go blind without a prescription.
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The bill will prohibit the sale and distribution of sunscreen containing these chemicals without a prescription.
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"Counterfeit medications are often provided without a prescription and any concern for drug interactions," Reitano says.
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In many states, family members can get naloxone, sometimes without a prescription, Saloner said by email.
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Melatonin is the body's natural sleep-inducing hormone and is available in pharmacies without a prescription.
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That addresses a major concern some have raised about making birth control available without a prescription.
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In particular, it is still not cleared to test for breast cancer disease risk without a prescription.
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One in four people had already used antibiotics without a prescription or intended to, the analysis found.
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The FDA made it possible to get the morning-after pill over-the-counter, without a prescription.
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The Arizona attorney general has partnered with CVS drugstores, which will begin selling Naloxone without a prescription.
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In many countries, farmers - as well as patients - can buy antibiotics over the counter without a prescription.
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Some PPIs are available without a prescription, but prescriptions are needed for long-term use, he said.
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For good measure, he also upgraded needle possession without a prescription from a misdemeanor to a felony.
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Many women's health experts said birth control pills were safe enough to be available without a prescription.
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Now 40, she was convicted 15 years ago of possession of Xanax without a prescription, a felony.
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"Federal law correctly bars contact lens consumers from obtaining their lenses without a prescription," the senators said.
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Naloxone is already available without a prescription in CVS Health stores in more than a dozen states.
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Without a prescription drug benefit, Kofke-Egger was paying more than $600 a month for medication and therapy.
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Both the US and Canada have promised to improve naloxone access and make it available without a prescription.
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Drug test kits for cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana, and heroin, meanwhile, are sold without a prescription by US pharmacies.
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Migralex™, which is available without a prescription, provides fast acting relief and is gentle on the stomach.
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Back then, pharmacists not only dispensed medications to patients (without a prescription) but diagnosed diseases and handcrafted drugs.
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Adderall has now become ubiquitous on college campuses, widely taken by students both with and without a prescription.
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CVS pharmacies in 31 states and Walgreens locations in 33 states also offer the drug without a prescription.
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Now, women cross the border to buy miso in pharmacies, where it is generally available without a prescription.
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There is now just one morning after pill available in Poland without a prescription to women 15 and over.
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Researchers also lacked data on sports injuries, which might influence whether teens tried painkillers with or without a prescription.
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In 2015, Ohio became one of a growing number of states allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.
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Again, Davis says that to his knowledge, no private citizen has been arrested for having Naloxone without a prescription.
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Barnett reminded the public at the press conference that any drug purchased without a prescription should be considered dangerous.
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"Easy availability of these compounds over the internet without a prescription is concerning because it will fuel these epidemics."
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The effects of the hormone, which is available without a prescription, vary because each human body metabolizes it differently.
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And Indiana was among nearly two dozen states to criminalize the distribution or possession of syringes without a prescription.
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Whose power will be diminished when a drug that has so many health benefits is provided without a prescription?
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Here in Florida, Palm Beach County is the only area that allows pharmacies to sell syringes without a prescription.
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Additionally, some online pharmacies claim to sell Tamiflu or prescription antiviral drugs at reduced prices or without a prescription.
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Other over-the-counter products, such as Band-Aids, sunscreen, or ice packs, can be submitted without a prescription.
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Most states have passed standing orders that allow pharmacies to sell Narcan and other naloxone products without a prescription.
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Simpson's not allowed to use any controlled substances without a prescription from a doctor, and the same goes for marijuana.
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But weightlifters were 22 percent more likely to take opioids without a prescription and wrestlers were 33 percent more likely.
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Goldpharma websites sell both legitimate and clandestinely produced narcotics, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and tramadol, without a prescription, the statement said.
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Warby Parker thrived on the fact that eyewear shops often have to turn away or delay patients without a prescription.
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By contrast, a patient can purchase a similar device from a pharmacy without a prescription for as little as $20.
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The lenses were "obtained arbitrarily without a prescription" online or at a pharmacy, and varied in design and color pigments.
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A handful of states have allowed those opioid medications, Narcan and Naloxone, to be sold to people without a prescription.
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In fact, taking your pet's antibiotics or using antibiotics without a prescription can be a big threat to human health.
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The Maine legislature passed a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense an anti-overdose drug Naloxone without a prescription.
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In Canada, these take-home kits are available at pharmacies without a prescription, and many provinces offer them for free.
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Walgreens will also make naloxone, a life-saving drug to counter overdoses, available without a prescription in over 35 states.
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It's like me walking into a pharmacy and being able to pick up any kind of medication without a prescription.
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For example, the act lists 5[alpha]-androstan-3,17-dione as anabolic steroids that you cannot get without a prescription.
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He experimented on himself with various substances, many of which are available without a prescription at Whole Foods or GNC.
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As for treatment: "There are over-the-counter treatments for yeast that you can buy without a prescription," Yudin says.
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However, without a prescription, we're told Prince's doctors would be in the clear ... so there'll be no Conrad Murray-esque trial.
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Both CVS and Walgreens drugstores are also making naloxone available without a prescription in at least 20 states across the country.
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Weirdly, more than a quarter of the students who reported using Adderall without a prescription said that they don't use amphetamines.
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These usually cost less than $2 a tube and most pharmacies across the country will dispense them, even without a prescription.
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Kornfeld should be granted "statutory immunity" for possessing the Suboxone without a prescription under Minnesota's Good Samaritan law, the attorney said.
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And the fact that vitamins are available without a prescription makes them seem safe... But the risk-benefit calculus has changed.
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West Virginia's legislature passed a bill in its recently concluded session that would allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.
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He was booked for driving under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
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If Senators hockey were a sleeping pill, you would not be able to purchase it without a prescription from your doctor.
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How can you argue that running into your pharmacy to pick up a pack of pills without a prescription wouldn't ease access?
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Our objective is to provide consumers with significantly greater access to medicines with well-established efficacy and safety profiles without a prescription.
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It is unacceptable that some participating pharmacies are unaware that they can distribute naloxone to anyone without a prescription and without insurance.
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Walgreens is making the drug available to patients and caregivers without a prescription in 45 states, and hopes to continue expanding access.
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Studies have showed that communities of people who often take antibiotics without a prescription tend to have more problems with antibiotic resistance.
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Many people are unaware of their family medical history or ancestry, and those people can now purchase this test without a prescription.
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"Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription," Rep.
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Drugs are advertised on television and available to buy over the counter from pharmacies without a prescription or diagnosis from a doctor.
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Grocery chain Kroger is making a potentially life-saving medication available without a prescription at hundreds of its in-store pharmacies nationwide.
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First responders have long carried an injectable version of the drug, naloxone, and it's been available in most states without a prescription.
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Regulators there have decided the little blue pill can be sold over the counter, without a prescription, to men 18 and older.
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There, she got charged with theft and "chemical endangerment of a child," the latter because she was taking buprenorphine without a prescription.
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We talk about the "standing order" — the blanket prescription for naloxone that makes it available without a prescription to all 2202,2628 residents.
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Hamby helped campaign for Arizona to pass a law in 2016, allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription under some circumstances.
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Pharmacies have started selling it without a prescription, but some people haven't been able to find it in stores or afford the treatment.
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With prescription opioids, tennis players were 25 percent less likely than non-athletes to use these medicines without a prescription, the study found.
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"Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law, and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription," said Rep.
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Possessing Schedule III controlled substances, like Suboxone, without a prescription is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Access to medication abortion is so severely limited in some areas that some women turn to ordering the pills online without a prescription.
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While Alberta and Ontario have been slower to distribute naloxone without a prescription, BC harm reduction programs have now handed out 9,723 kits.
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Currently, there's only one oral contraception available over the counter, without a prescription: Plan B, commonly referred to as the morning after pill.
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On Wednesday, LePage vetoed a bill that would allow Maine pharmacists to dispense naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, without a prescription.
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This essential oil and Common Ground CBD blend can help deliver some of that muscle relief they've been searching for, without a prescription.
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The most familiar methods of NRT are nicotine gums, lozenges, and patches—all of which are available over the counter, without a prescription.
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E-cigarettes, which vaporize a nicotine-filled liquid, have been marketed as tools to help smokers quit and are available without a prescription.
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Wilens concludes that it's likely that some people who take drugs like Adderall or Ritalin without a prescription are self-medicating undiagnosed ADHD.
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The Burbank City Attorney has charged Sizemore with 2 counts of possession of heroin, and 2 counts of possession of medication without a prescription.
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For instance, if the overdose antidote were made available without a prescription, insurers might stop covering it, exposing consumers to higher costs, he said.
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"Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law, and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription," McKinley told Zuckerberg.
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It remains unclear where she had procured or used meldonium, which can be purchased in Russia and some Eastern European countries without a prescription.
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In July, GOP presidential candidate John Kasich signed legislation to make naloxone available without a prescription at pharmacies in Ohio, where he is governor.
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So if you're a guy in the US waiting for Viagra to be available without a prescription, seems like there's a sliver of hope.
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A new California law, for example, allows pharmacists to dispense birth control pills without a prescription — and requires insurance companies to foot the bill.
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Many people think pain medications like NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen) that they can buy without a prescription are safe.
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In Baltimore, Wen in 2922 issued a standing order for naloxone, letting anyone in the city get the drug without a prescription from a doctor.
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Patients can buy aspirin without a prescription, and doctors are also free to put people on medicines for purposes that aren't approved by the FDA.
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People can go to pharmacies in stores nationwide and, without a prescription, purchase a vial of Novo Nordisk's Novolin ReliOn Insulin for less than $993.
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Bigg's work paved the way for today's massive expansion of naloxone distribution; in many states, it can now be purchased from pharmacies without a prescription.
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On Wednesday, Representative David McKinley, a West Virginia Republican, displayed recent Facebook ads offering opioids for sale without a prescription and addressed Mr. Zuckerberg directly.
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Other interests: Getting into political debates on Facebook which you abandon quickly, saying you like chess, wearing glasses without a prescription, vinyl records, reading Beaudelaire.
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Across all of the smaller studies, the proportion of people who said they had already used antibiotics without a prescription ranged from 1% to 66%.
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Emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, has been available without a prescription (but behind the pharmacy counter) to adult women since 2009.
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Without a prescription, you can buy up to 3.6 grams of pseudoephedrine, or PSE, in a single day, equivalent to about 36 maximum-strength pills.
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All states have passed laws aimed at increasing the drug's availability, and in most states it can be requested at a pharmacy without a prescription.
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Hawaii's legislation prohibits the sale and distribution of any sunscreen that contains the two chemicals -- oxybenzone and octinoxate -- without a prescription from a licensed physician.
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About 15 million Americans have prescriptions for them, although people can get them without a prescription -- so the number who use them is likely much higher.
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In 6923, Congress prohibited the sales of drugs online without a prescription after an 18-year-old died from taking drugs purchased on the internet illegally.
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Most large chain pharmacies can dispense naloxone without a prescription and are putting thousands of kits in the hands of the people who need them most.
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Two top manufacturers' associations said their member factories did not give our medication for menstrual pains, and that drugs were not normally provided without a prescription.
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The drug is prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, but is often taking by students without a prescription who believe it will help them study.
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This has left some experts with a simple rallying cry for policymakers: Every person in the US should be able to obtain naloxone without a prescription.
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At the time, only women 17 or older could buy it without a prescription, but the following year, the Food and Drug Administration ended that restriction.
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In recent years, some states have expanded naloxone access -- by permitting purchase without a prescription, for example -- as a response to the epidemic of opioid abuse.
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According to the report, he faces charges for speeding, possession of a controlled substance, possession of legend drugs without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Morning after pills, which are most effective when taken in the first few hours following unprotected sex, are available without a prescription in most European Union countries.
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In the past year, New York state, for example, has allowed naloxone to be purchased without a prescription, thus easing legal barriers that might impede its use.
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It has been available without a prescription for people above 18 since 2006, and it's been available to people of all ages without an ID since 2013.
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This seems like a commonsense measure, since Maine is suffering from a heroin overdose crisis and the drug is available in many other states without a prescription.
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More specifically, Narcan, a naloxone-based nasal spray that is now available in most states without a prescription, can provide emergency care for someone who is overdosing.
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For supplements, given they are often purchased without a prescription, the in-store pharmacist may be able to guide the patient about alternatives that are easier to swallow.
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This would eliminate one more obstacle to obtaining contraceptives: Without a prescription, women could grab birth control pills off the shelf during hours when the pharmacy was closed.
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The forthcoming kit, which will be made available without a prescription, tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2, which are linked to higher risk of ovarian, break and prostate cancer.
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Avoiding all this leads men to buy Viagra without a prescription from sketchy unregulated online pharmacies, where pills are often adulterated with floor wax, paint and printer ink.
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Now this sounds enviably convenient: In California and Oregon, you should soon be able to get birth control straight from your pharmacist, without a prescription from a doctor.
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Created as a treatment for heart conditions in 1975, meldonium is widely available from Russian pharmacies without a prescription, selling for $3 to $10 for about 40 capsules.
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The government said it recognized that during the interim period women may continue to try to buy medical abortion pills, which cannot be obtained legally without a prescription.
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At the center of the case is the use of the chemical tetrahydrozoline, which is an active ingredient in eye drops that can be purchased without a prescription.
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Scott Wiener (D), aims to significantly expand access to PrEP and PEP medication in the state by allowing pharmacists to furnish the medicine to patients without a prescription.
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In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the availability of the Plan B One-Step emergency contraception pill without a prescription for women 15 and older.
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"Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription" McKinley said during Zuckerberg's congressional hearings in April.
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The FDA did not restrict over-the-counter medications containing codeine, such as flu and cold medications or cough syrups, which are available in some states without a prescription.
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When people take antibiotics without a prescription, they often take unnecessary medication or choose an inappropriate drug or dose, the study team notes in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Many states have passed laws allowing pharmacies to dispense naloxone without a prescription to police and fire departments and to individuals at risk and their friends and family members.
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And since oral contraceptive pills are incredibly well-studied and incredibly safe, many advocates and experts think it's time to make them available over the counter without a prescription.
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That's not easy when people can buy probiotics without a prescription, and when some companies are willing to use preliminary research to peddle microbes to treat conditions like depression.
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Clinicians and public health officials should discourage the public from misusing chloroquine phosphate, without a prescription and supervision from a heath care provider, the CDC said in a statement.
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Plus, about half of those who misused prescription opioids obtained the drugs from family and friends without a prescription, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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Although doctors have started prescribing naloxone, and Illinois passed a law making it available in pharmacies without a prescription, none of the study participants had acquired it through those routes.
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Respondents judged the runner to be a bigger cheater, with one telling caveat: respondents who previously had used stimulants without a prescription were more forgiving of the fictional test-taker.
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Beginning January 1, 2021, Hawaii will ban the sale, offer of sale or distribution of any sunscreens containing oxybenzone or octinoxate without a prescription from a licensed health care provider.
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The same cheap PSAPs will be available for sale for hunters or anyone else, while lower-cost products that can fix hearing loss would be available too without a prescription.
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But K.W. uses one type of insulin that is diluted, depending on his needs, and another type that is available without a prescription for his lunch dose, the lawsuit said.
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But Ocasio-Cortez said she's skeptical Republicans will sign on to her birth control bill because of a provision that guarantees full insurance coverage of birth control without a prescription.
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Thank you for all you do to make people's lives better, and for helping to promote the safe use of medications, even those that may be purchased without a prescription.
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The FDA helps inspect packages to see if they contain illicit drugs and, according to Gottlieb, continues to discover opioid painkillers, although they are illegal to buy without a prescription.
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Not so long ago, Amazon was dabbling in drug products in a dangerous way, selling prescription drugs without a prescription via its marketplace, something I documented in an investigative report.
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In some ways, psilocybin is a remarkably safe drug — there is no known lethal dose (something that can't be said for many medicines sold without a prescription) and it is nonaddictive.
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In Canada and in the US, advocates have been pushing for naloxone, a drug that blocks opioid receptors in the brain to quickly counteract overdoses, to become available without a prescription.
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In the end, I decided to forgo the entire legal system in favor of purchasing misoprostol pills from a pharmacist I knew who was willing to sell them without a prescription.
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Because Capstar is safe for kittens as young as 4 weeks and weighing at least 2 pounds and available without a prescription, it is our top choice for cat flea medications.
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The law, which will go into effect January 1, 2021, prohibits the sale or distribution of over-the-counter sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate without a prescription from a licensed physician.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer's big-selling erectile dysfunction drug Viagra has been given a green light for sale without a prescription in Britain, the first country to grant it over-the-counter status.
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And in 2017, as Baltimore was in the throes of an opioid epidemic, she signed a standing order making an overdose antidote available at all pharmacies in the city without a prescription.
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The report also found that 231.5% of students said they had misused prescription pain medicine, such as codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin or Percocet, without a prescription or differently than indicated by a doctor.
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Many police officers and emergency medical technicians already carry the drug, and most states and many cities have issued standing orders allowing anyone to get naloxone at a pharmacy without a prescription.
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"As a manufacturer of highly regulated medications illegal to possess without a prescription, (J&J) is just one small part of a broader regulatory and distribution ecosystem," the summary judgment brief said.
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The site includes Google Maps-based search for resources like recovery support meetings and pharmacies that offer Naloxone without a prescription — it's a drug that can be used to counteract opioid overdoses.
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The CBD oil that you&aposre seeing on shelves that consumers can buy without a prescription is actually from low-THC, the stuff that makes you high, varieties of the cannabis plant.
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All states have passed laws aimed at increasing the drug's availability, according to a surgeon general's news release, and in most states it can be requested at a pharmacy without a prescription.
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Those are the kids who aren't big on thrill-seeking, who don't drink or take prescription drugs without a prescription, and who thought they'd say no if their friends offered them a smoke.
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This includes regulating the sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the state of Hawaii of any sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate, or both, without a prescription issued by a licensed healthcare provider.
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In a study published last week, researchers at New York University examined survey results from 24,000 high school seniors, to see whether teens reported "nonmedical" Adderall or amphetamine use (aka without a prescription).
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A 2015 study shows that 16 percent of college students have tried opioids without a prescription and 37 percent said they would not know where to go if they had an opioid problem.
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"Patients should know that older versions of insulin, called human insulin, such as NPH and Regular insulin, are available for $33 per vial and actually can be purchased without a prescription," Lipska said.
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It will be several years, at least, before the Food and Drug Administration actually approves an oral contraceptive pill for use without a prescription — but the first steps of the process are underway.
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LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Pfizer's blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug Viagra has been given a green light for sale without a prescription in Britain, the first country to grant it over-the-counter status.
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HB 252: Makes it a felony for a woman to take narcotics or a controlled substance (without a prescription) that could endanger the fetus if she is pregnant (or thinks she might be).
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Morning after pills, which are most effective when taken in the first few hours following unprotected sex or after the failure of other contraception measures, are available without a prescription in most EU countries.
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The company also recently got approval for a new cancer risk test, becoming the first and only direct-to-consumer genetics company to receive FDA authorization to test for cancer risk without a prescription.
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While there's nothing wrong with colored lenses themselves, problems arise when people get them without a prescription and the lenses don't fit correctly — causing serious eye damage — or when people don't keep them clean.
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By 1990, it was already clear that places allowing over-the-counter sales of syringes without a prescription had far lower HIV rates—and that cities cracking down on needle access had deadlier epidemics.
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Business Insider's visual features editor Rachel Gillett, who has type 1 diabetes, joined in on a caravan of other people with diabetes going to Canada to get access to cheaper insulin without a prescription.
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Some states have passed laws that allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone to people without a prescription, and public health experts have long called for the government to approve an over-the-counter naloxone product.
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The Washington Post's Sandhya Somashekhar wrote at the time: At least three GOP hopefuls have spoken during the summer in favor of allowing certain types of contraception to be sold without a prescription. Rep.
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The ability to buy it without a prescription is a big step toward cutting down heroin-related deaths, since Narcan counteracts an overdose significantly better than a needle of adrenaline straight into the heart.
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Despite state laws expanding access to the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription, a new study suggests that many pharmacies don't stock the drug or dispense it to young people who need it.
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These include tretinoin (sold under brand names like Retin-A, Atralin and Renova) and tazarotene (Tazorac) and adapalene (Differin), which the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2016 to be sold without a prescription.
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There's reason to think some types of laws, such as those allowing naloxone purchase without a prescription, do much more to increase access than others, such as those removing civil liability for prescribing naloxone.
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In Russia, for instance, you can buy the pill without a prescription and Clue found one out of four women there were given zero advice to go along with even the basics about their period.
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The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 62 percent of adults who misused opioids did so without a prescription, and 40 percent obtained painkillers from friends or relatives, not a doctor.
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Congress has also announced the introduction of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act, a bipartisan bill that would make it possible for people to buy hearing health products over the counter without a prescription.
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Naloxone used to only be available in hospitals but is now carried by many first responders, medical professionals and is available without a prescription in some places, all in response to the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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Every state has passed legislation to make naloxone easier to get, but the involvement of at least one medical professional is still required because only the F.D.A. can make the drug available without a prescription.
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Some states enable third parties to obtain naloxone prescriptions; some, like California, allow pharmacists to dispense the product without a prescription; and some, such as Oregon, require training or education before it can be obtained.
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One limitation of the study is that it only included data on people who took PPIs with a prescription, even though these drugs have been available in Scotland since 2004 without a prescription, the authors note.
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Millions of people worldwide take PPIs, which are available without a prescription in Europe and the U.S., which means even a slight increase in the odds of bacterial infections can still impact a lot of patients.
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Despite mounting safety concerns and questions about whether codeine works, the drug is still widely prescribed and available without a prescription over-the-counter in 28 states and the District of Columbia, according to the statement.
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The province of British Columbia declared a public health emergency in April after fentanyl overdoses killed 200 people in just three months and neighboring Alberta last week made naloxone, an opiate overdose antidote, available without a prescription.
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Still, the problem with purchasing decorative lenses online is that there's such a vast marketplace of options that some products — especially ones that can be obtained without a prescription — might not be tested as safe for use.
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Last month, she got a tip that it was hard to find the overdose-reversing drug naloxone at pharmacies in New York — including those enrolled in a city program to make the drug available without a prescription.
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The casual handing out of antibiotics without a prescription is a huge concern across the rest of the region and in other parts of the world, with no clear vision of how to tackle this growing problem.
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New York is the 15th state in the country to allow sale of the overdose reversal agent at CVS stores without a prescription, following in the footsteps of California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Montana, North Carolina, and more.
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine handles a Naloxone nasal injector during a news conference at the Oakley Kroger Marketplace store to announce the supermarket chain's decision to offer the opioid overdose reversal medicine without a prescription on Feb.
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TMZ broke the story ... Tom faced the possibility of a year in jail after he was busted in January and charged with 2 counts of possession of heroin and 2 counts of possession of medication without a prescription.
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But, they said, at a time when chronic pain conditions and narcotic addiction are on the rise, the new work is a pointed reminder that the body's own ability to manage pain can be improved without a prescription.
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In the wake of the opioid addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, many U.S. states have passed laws like Pennsylvania's, which allow the drug to be dispensed without a prescription and mandate that every drugstore carry it.
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People living in communities with elevated rates of opioid overdose deaths were the least likely to have access to naloxone without a prescription and had to pay more to buy the drug, the researchers wrote in JAMA Network Open.
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Though many pharmacies are now supposed to sell naloxone without a prescription in states that have made provisions to allow it, pharmacist resistance, embarrassment, and high insurance co-pays often deter people from getting it at their local drugstore.
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The commonwealth is pushing a public education campaign on the dangers of e-cigarette use, and Sudders ordered nicotine replacement products such as gum and patches be made available at pharmacies as a covered insurance benefit without a prescription.
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Jackson, Donald Trump's nominee to head the massive Department of Veterans Affairs, was known as "the candyman" by White House staff, because he would give out whatever drugs people asked for without a prescription, according to the colleagues' statements.
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The FDA is trying to lower the cost even more and increase consumer access by creating easy-to-understand labels the industry can use as a template for over-the-counter versions that can be sold at pharmacies without a prescription.
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"These online pharmacies selling prescription drugs without a prescription are openly acting illegally, so they should just be shut down automatically," Libby Baney, a consultant with the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP), a pharmaceutical industry nonprofit, told BuzzFeed News.
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Because millions of people worldwide take PPIs, which are available without a prescription in Europe and the U.S., it's crucial to understand how infections might unfold in the gut and be cautious to avoid over-use of the medicines, Steves added.
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But over the last decade, New Mexico has taken aggressive steps to curb opioid-related death — including allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription and building a system that tracks painkiller prescriptions — and those efforts seem to have paid off.
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If you're lucky enough to live in a state where Narcan, the chemical naloxone, is dispensed without a prescription, a trained instructor will show you how to administer the life-saving drug before sending you home with a dose or two.
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"The public health danger of sales of opioids online has been well recognized by the US government, with a US General Accounting Office report from as early as 2004 warning about pain medications available online without a prescription," he said.
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The city, for its part, has already announced piecemeal efforts to address the emerging crisis, such as giving police officers the heroin antidote naloxone to use on overdose victims, and making it available more broadly through pharmacies without a prescription.
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Kansas, where overdose deaths among 12- to 25-year-olds have quadrupled in the last decade, signed a bill into law earlier this month allowing first responders to administer naloxone and for pharmacists to give people the drug without a prescription.
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Morning after pills, which are most effective when taken in the first few hours after unprotected sex, are available without a prescription in most European Union countries but were selling for up to five times more in Britain than elsewhere in Europe.
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"People are clearly being driven to take the antibiotics without a prescription because of concerns they have for their own health or their family members health and maybe not knowing that they could be endangering the health they're trying to help," Trautner said.
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PEOPLE confirms through online court records the girl's mother, Jessica Monell, 36, was arrested last week and charged with homicide-neglect manslaughter, neglect of a child, three counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug equipment.
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After all, while the 2004 Anabolic Steroid Control Act classifies 59 specific substances as anabolic steroids and Schedule III controlled substances that cannot legally be obtained without a prescription, a lot of companies include ingredients that teeter on the line of legality.
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Medications that can help get rid of period crampsOver the counter medications are the common go-to remedy for those experiencing period pain because they are quick-acting, inexpensive, available without a prescription, and easy to dose for most people according to Sridhar.
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Known as patent medicines, these remedies could be purchased without a prescription, and they were widely sold at a time before the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission established regulations to control distribution of harmful or simply useless products.
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Still, the findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that patients should be cautious with PPIs, particularly when they get the drugs without a prescription, said Dr. Wojciech Marlicz, a researcher at Pomeranian Medical University in Poland who wasn't involved in the study.
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"The one thing we have seen is … there have been situations where someone will basically get busted for drugs, and the cop will see this vial of some other medication, and they'll get charged with possession of a prescription drug without a prescription," Davis says.
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"Being the first and only direct-to-consumer genetics company to receive FDA authorization to test for cancer risk without a prescription is a major milestone for 23andMe and for the consumer," the company's CEO Anne Wojcicki said in a release tied to the announcement.
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"Our findings show that people obtain antibiotics without a prescription in the U.S. from flea markets, health food stores, friends or relatives, pet stores or online," said Dr. Larissa Grigoryan, lead author of the study and a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
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Mothers' tales Adams noted that in 46 states, people who are or who know someone at risk for opioid overdose can get trained to use naloxone properly and may receive naloxone by "standing order" -- without a prescription -- from pharmacies or some community-based programs.
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Among the best ways of preventing spread of the virus are public health laws that allow access to clean syringes for drug users, such as needle exchange programs, decriminalization of the possession of syringes, and allowing the retail sale of syringes without a prescription.
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According to the New York Times, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is concerned that the laws enabling pharmacists to prescribe the pill, patches, and rings might actually make it harder to pass laws to make all contraception available over the counter, without a prescription.
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"Importantly, many of the medications associated with depression as a potential side effect include commonly used prescription drugs - some of which are also available over-the-counter without a prescription," said lead study author Dima Qato, a pharmacy researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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It is illegal to sell antibiotics without a prescription in Malawi, but reporters from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism visited four pharmacies and one drugstore and were able to purchase a range of drugs, including injectable ceftriaxone, the last-line drug available in most Malawian hospitals.
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It marks the first time people caught with cocaine and heroin have avoided automatic criminalization since the possession of both drugs without a prescription was banned a century ago under the Defence of the Realm Act, which was introduced in 1916 during the First World War.
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The privately held drugmaker, which already covers out-of-pocket costs for commercially insured patients with a prescription for Evzio, said it will now make the device available at no cost for those same insured patients without a prescription in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio.
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Of the randomly selected adults in Houston, 5% reported using antibiotics without a prescription in the past 12 months, 14.2% stored them at home in case of an emergency, and a whopping 25.4% said they intended to use antibiotics in an unprescribed manner at some time in the future.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE says women should be able to purchase birth control without a prescription.
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This week, the UK became the first country where consumers can buy Viagra over the counter without a prescription—an effort to combat the online trade of questionable counterfeit pills, which can be dangerous and has been found to contain everything from blue printer ink to brick dust.
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DQSA establishes a clear line between traditional compounders (pharmacists, physicians, and others who can compound drugs one prescription at a time) and "outsourcing facilities" (firms that have voluntarily registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and can compound large batches of medication and distribute without a prescription).
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Notably, after her initial tweet saying birth control should be over-the-counter, Ocasio-Cortez added, "(It should be free, too - like in the UK!)" There has been a growing push in the US to make birth control pills available without a prescription, although previous efforts have faced political resistance.
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Among them: Foundation Care took medications returned by patients and, in violation of state law, resold them to other customers; Blakeley and Foundation Care CFO Mike Schultz asked employees to omit some ingredients from the label of a pain-killing cream; and Schultz ordered drugs for himself without a prescription.
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As we went down the list, the possibility that had been suggested by that tip turned into a certainty: We found that only about a third of the pharmacies on the list had naloxone on the shelves and would sell it without a prescription, as the city guidelines had set out.
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McCaskill more than once reminded rural voters in Missouri that their state had long been the only one without a prescription-drug monitoring program (its governor created one by executive order just last week), even as state data show the number of opioid-linked deaths rising faster than the nationwide rate.
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The recommendations include a worldwide ban on the use of medically important antibiotics for promoting growth in farm animals; financial incentives for drug companies to develop new antimicrobial compounds; and more stringent rules to limit the sale of antibiotics in countries where drugs can often be bought at convenience stores without a prescription.
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Mr. Hur's statement said Lieutenant Hasson admitted that from at least March 2016 through early February 2019, he used email accounts to order at least 4,650 pills of tramadol, an opioid, without a prescription and from illegal internet-based distributors, who had the drugs shipped to his residences in North Carolina and Maryland.
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In the current study, people were more likely to take antibiotics without a prescription when they lacked health insurance, didn't have access to a regular doctor or clinic, couldn't afford the cost of doctor visits or drugs, couldn't miss work to see a doctor, or were embarrassed to seek care for sexually transmitted infections.
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We issued a blanket prescription for naloxone — the life-saving antidote for opioid overdose — that made it accessible without a prescription for all 2628,28503 residents; made on-demand treatment available in our ERs and through a "stabilization center" and worked with law enforcement to offer treatment instead of prosecution for individuals arrested for low-level drug offenses.
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Under a new law, pharmacists who undergo special training will be able to provide 60-day supplies of pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly called PrEP and sold under the brand name Truvada, as well as doses of post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, meant to be used in an emergency after possible exposure to the virus, without a prescription.
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If the regulatory requirement for sterile compounding is weakened, compounders will once again be able to make and distribute stock supplies of sterile drugs under less stringent quality standards Furthermore, the ability to dispense without a prescription is the benefit outsourcing facilities receive for investing in bringing their plants up to the appropriate quality standards for large batch manufacturing.
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"Erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs are the most counterfeited medications in the world," says New York-based sexual health specialist Michael Reitano, explaining that the high cost of erectile dysfunction medications, the embarrassment some men feel with the condition, and the ease of buying mostly foreign, counterfeit drugs online without a prescription conspire to make manufacturing counterfeit ED medications an extremely lucrative business.
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From Bloomberg: Republican presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE said that as president he would use Medicaid to cover poor people who can't afford private health insurance, and make birth control available without a prescription.
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Patty MurrayPatricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health The Hill's Morning Report - Progressives, centrists clash in lively Democratic debate MORE (D-Wash.), would ensure birth control that is available to women without a prescription is covered by insurance companies.
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Patty MurrayPatricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health The Hill's Morning Report - Progressives, centrists clash in lively Democratic debate MORE (D-Wash.), would ensure birth control that is available to women without a prescription is covered by insurance companies.
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Law: HB-1005 and SB-848, both effective in January 2018 Methods covered: all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and devices as prescribed by your doctor; male and female sterilization; emergency contraception (even without a prescription) Extended supply: a two-month supply with first prescription, then a six-month supply Other services: none Pay attention to this: Maryland was the first state to require coverage of over-the-counter emergency contraception without cost-sharing.
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These include allowing pharmacists to dispense birth control without a prescription (which is already the law in California and Oregon, and passed this year in red-state Tennessee); allowing women to pick up a 220- or 214-month supply of birth control in one pharmacy visit (passed in Maryland, Vermont, Hawaii, and Illinois), to codifying and expanding ACA-style contraceptive benefits at the state level (Maryland banned co-pays for contraception and sterilization).
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Gavin NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomHillicon Valley: Zuckerberg to testify on Libra | Extremists find home on Telegram app | Warren blasts Facebook for not removing anti-Biden ad | California outlaws facial recognition in police body cameras | China rips US tech sanctions Newsom mocks photo of Defense officials with Trump: 'The diversity is truly overwhelming' California blocks police body cameras from using facial recognition MORE (D) has signed legislation into law that allows pharmacists in the state to dispense medication designed to prevent HIV without a prescription.
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Law: SB-1053, effective in January 2016; SB-999, effective in January 123 Methods covered: all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products for women as prescribed by your doctor; female sterilization Extended supply: up to 12 months (that's thanks to SB-999) Other services: device insertion and removal; patient education and counseling on birth control use; follow-up services related to your birth control use, like help managing side effects Pay attention to this: This law says your insurance only has to cover costs for contraception if you have a prescription, but a separate law says you can buy self-administered methods—like the patch, the pill, shots, and vaginal rings—without a prescription.
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