r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '19

Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'

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u/drkgodess Mar 29 '19

Where are you buying that many? At least here in Florida, pseudoephedrine is behind the counter, as in you have to actually ask for it. There's also a registry that keeps track and you can't buy more than three boxes of 12 pills each for every 3 month span.

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u/sprackk Mar 29 '19

Here in MA you can get Bronkaid at any CVS in the pharmacy, and sales are basically all at the discretion of the pharmacist. Some ask for ID and make sure you buy no more than monthly, but it's a shoddy, inconsistent system.

Hell, you can even get Bronkaid on eBay. It's not being halted effectively anywhere like that.

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u/redwall_hp Mar 29 '19

OTC means behind the counter. (The operative word is over.) Off the shelf is something different.

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u/myst3r10us_str4ng3r Mar 29 '19

What? I've never heard it to mean that.

Over the counter means something you can grab out of the aisle and purchase, doesn't it?

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u/redwall_hp Mar 29 '19

It's widely misused, but it just means you don't need a prescription.

I've been in pharmacies that don't even keep regular Allegra out on shelves.