I need a presciption for an over the counter drug?

[Patriot123]

So I have this allergy problem. I go without Zyrtec for more than an hour and I die. Not literally, I suppose, but close to it, I guess. So I bought a thing of Zyrtec at a local supermarket two weeks ago. The thing has about twenty or thirty tablets, and they're twelve hour. You use a box up in two weeks. Getting to the point and skipping the random details, though, I find out today you can only buy one over the counter product every thirty days, unless you have a prescription. The supermarket refused to sell the Zyrtec. How pathetic can laws get? First of all, it's over the counter for a reason. If there's to be a limit on it, well - that's called a prescription drug, right? So you need a prescription for an over the counter drug? Second. The sheer hypocrisy of the government regulating your medication - or state government. Guns? A foreseeable issue. The use of crack and cocaine? Definitely debatable. But regulating how much of an over the counter medication, in one period of time, that you can buy? What is this, based off of the one gun a month thing? These liberal, progressive laws are insane. Do they even have laws like these in China? North Korea? The EU?

[Mosheh Thezion]

why not try a good hepa filter,IN YOUR HOME.. they will remove the pollen and etc..

I even mounted one over my air vents in my car... worked great... (duck tape)

must be a good hepa filter.. but even on a smoggy day... it could be a grey cloud outside the car.. but inside... clear as utahs highest mountain.

-MEMAT

[Patriot123]

What happens when you have to go outside? haha...

[Kludge]

Idunno what all you're allergic to or how bad, but I had truly debilitating allergies to just about everything... Pills helped a bit, but were expensive, inconvenient, and weren't terribly helpful. Have been getting "allergy shots" for ~ 3 years and my allergy symptoms have almost entirely disappeared.

If you need a prescription by law... It's worth considering, at least.

[Roxi]

So I have this allergy problem. I go without Zyrtec for more than an hour and I die. Not literally, I suppose, but close to it, I guess. So I bought a thing of Zyrtec at a local supermarket two weeks ago. The thing has about twenty or thirty tablets, and they're twelve hour. You use a box up in two weeks. Getting to the point and skipping the random details, though, I find out today you can only buy one over the counter product every thirty days, unless you have a prescription. The supermarket refused to sell the Zyrtec. How pathetic can laws get? First of all, it's over the counter for a reason. If there's to be a limit on it, well - that's called a prescription drug, right? So you need a prescription for an over the counter drug? Second. The sheer hypocrisy of the government regulating your medication - or state government. Guns? A foreseeable issue. The use of crack and cocaine? Definitely debatable. But regulating how much of an over the counter medication, in one period of time, that you can buy? What is this, based off of the one gun a month thing? These liberal, progressive laws are insane. Do they even have laws like these in China? North Korea? The EU?

what state are you in? is there another place you can get it? we sell zyrtec at our store and there is no limit you can buy as many as you want

[asimplegirl]

Yeah, no limit here on anything except for psudophedrine. (sp?)

And, that limit is only at one store..and you can buy three products containing it at a time.

[Dr.3D]

Seems they are worried about people making speed out of the stuff and think they need to regulate how much is bought at a time.

It's sad how everybody has to suffer just because they have a problem with people making something they don't like.

[Acala]

why not try a good hepa filter,IN YOUR HOME.. they will remove the pollen and etc..

I even mounted one over my air vents in my car... worked great... (duck tape)

must be a good hepa filter.. but even on a smoggy day... it could be a grey cloud outside the car.. but inside... clear as utahs highest mountain.

-MEMAT

He could make a helmet out of hepa filters. Not sure if they work as well as aluminum

[johnrocks]

I'm serious when I state this, those laws piss me off, I think if you want to get morphine for pain,you should not have to have the permission of an "authority figure" let alone something like this for crying out loud.

[Dr.3D]

I'm serious when I state this, those laws piss me off, I think if you want to get morphine for pain,you should not have to have the permission of an "authority figure" let alone something like this for crying out loud.

But then how would the physicians make money writing prescriptions?

[dannno]

I hate allergy medications, I found that if I stopped taking allergy medication like sudafed or claritin for a few weeks, my allergies would improve overall as compared to after I stopped taking them. I still had allergies, and if they got bad I would go back to the claritin or something, and it would help but I would feel like $#@!.. and then if I stopped taking them my allergies would again get much much worse. It was like a vicious cycle to keep me addicted to these stupid medications.


Try taking these regularly for about a week and see if your allergies improve:

http://www.iherb.com/Eclectic-Instit..._medium=x&at=0


It's stingy nettle and quercetin, natural substances. The stingy nettle helps keep down the burning feeling from allergies, and the quercetin is an anti-inflamatory that helps keep the allergies at bay as well. I feel much better taking these on a daily basis, and if I don't need it then my allergies don't get worse when I stop taking them. It helps if you have it built up in your system, though, so sometimes I'll just take a pill a day or every other day in case I have allergies in the coming days I can just pop and couple and they're usually gone within the hour.