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A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Friday that the popular allergy drug Claritin be made available without prescription.The 19-4 vote came on a request by a California health insurance company, which said the medication was safe and could be used by patients without consulting doctors.The panel also was considering taking similar action on two other allergy drugs, Zyrtec and Allegra.The FDA is not required to follow the recommendations of the panel, but usually does so.Executives of two drug companies, however, said it would be premature to switch these allergy medicines to over-the-counter pills. The drugs sell for about $2 a pill. With a prescription, a patient with insurance can get a month's supply at the personal cost of a copay charge, perhaps as little as $5. The insurance company then has to pay the balance, $50 to $60. If the drugs are reclassified as over-the-counter, insurance companies would no longer have to pay for them. By some estimates, Wellpoint...
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1. Get the right meds Although more and more treatments are available over-the-counter, if you're really suffering, it pays to see an allergist to get a treatment pl...
Health advocacy groups have slammed the drug company Merck for what they are saying is improper marketing of the drug Claritin to children through the use of animate...
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