"Behind the Counter" Drug Category Proposed

This week's AMNews reports that the Food and Drug Administration is contemplating the establishment of a class of medications that would be available only after counseling from a pharmacist but without a physician's prescription.
While pharmacists tend to be most in favor of this, physicians argue it would make an already fragmented health care system even more so.
They also say the need to see a doctor first is not the most significant barrier to patients getting needed care.