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To: tejek who wrote (263058)	12/3/2005 5:21:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573950

Ted, it's not just narcotics that have to be regulated. It's pretty much all drugs that the medical community feels should be put under some sort of control, the drugs they feel would harm society more if anyone were allowed to buy it without a doctor's prescription. For example, you can't get Viagra without a prescription, but why is that necessary? Well, would the average layperson realize that taking Viagra together with any nitrate (a typical component of heart medications) is fatal? I sure didn't until my wife pointed it out one time while watching a movie. There are literally thousands of other complications that need to be closely monitored when prescribing medication. There's no way you can fit all of that onto a label or a paper insert that comes out of an OTC medication, no matter how small you make the type. (And since the extremely small type is unreadable anyway, what's the point?) Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (263058)	12/5/2005 3:04:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573950

Ted, I finally brought up the subject of making the morning-after pill OTC with my wife. She basically started off by saying, "Are you kidding me? The morning-after pill is a hormone. You just don't make a hormone OTC!" Then she proceeded to list off all the hazards of the morning-after pill (and its lesser equivalent, the birth-control pill). In comparison, aspirin really doesn't change the chemistry of the body as drastically as a hormone. Plus she was unaware of Al's claim that the FTC voted twice 23-4 to make the morning-after pill OTC. As far as she knows, there is no active effort within the medical community to make the morning-after pill OTC. There you have it, straight from the expert who is also pro-choice. Tenchusatsu