re:FDA may allow pharmacists to perscribe drugs

[gumball]

hi everyone i dont know if everyone will agree, but i thing this is a good idea. i am not sure what kind of drugs they are talking about. maybe some anibiotics ect. i know it would help those who dont have insurance like myself. http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...SCRIPTIONS.xml gumball

[ladycolorado]

yes awesome news wonder will come of this news, (LC).

[tcmgpt13]

Some years ago I lived in Puerto Rico, where all drugs were available for sale in drugstores without a prescription. They were cheap too. I believe that this should be true for all countries. If people feel they can use drugs without the intervention of a doctor I feel they should be allowed to do so. Western medicine is too controlling and paternalistic. I think that herbs should be available too without a lot of supervision (which is threatened more and more these days by the FDA and Codex). If one wants the guidance fine, but if not then that should be okay too. It might make some of these doctors more humble towards their patients if they knew they were an option but not a necessity for care. The way costs are rising I also believe that this scenario will happen sooner or later, as the cost of sustaining the US medical model is about to crumble from the excess prices charged. It is a burden which has risen beyond the ability of people to pay for it (and to think I can remember when a doctor's visit in small town in Wisconsin cost just $5). The results of US medical care too are less than outstanding when compared to some other developed nations as far as longevity for our old people. Our rates of infant mortality are also not the best. Maybe we can go to Cuba to learn how to treat people well with herbs, acupuncture and some real doctoring which requires the doctor to actually look at the patient's symptoms, instead of ordering a slew of sometimes less than reliable tests. Modern medicine and its tests have their place, but I do believe the average doctor would have a hard time diagnosing and treating without them, and if this is so then he is not a good doctor. Which is why I think most doctors are a waste of time.

[gumball]

hi ladyc and tcm the FDA is having a public meeting on november 14 to here suggestions from the public. i sure hope it goes well, it would benefit a lot of people without insurance. if they approve this, i do wonder how much longer the line will be at the pharmacy counter though. i guess i will take the good with the bad on this one. gumball

[pat]

Apparently when people go to spain (and rumour has it some folk do)
they can buy antibiotics over the counter for about 4 dollars.This is the EU, but ya can't buy them in UK.Totally illogical.
But i thought there were sites on the net where you can buy all sorts from USA??