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The FDA expanded over-the-counter naloxone access to reverse opioid overdoses

Families, first responders, and bystanders who witness an opioid overdose now have more than one naloxone nasal spray they can buy without a prescription. The FDA approved NARCAN (naloxone HCl) 4 mg ...
NPR

FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill. The daily oral contraceptive, called Opill, will be available without a prescription. The Food and Drug ...
NBC News

Now that an over-the-counter birth control pill is approved, here’s how, when and where you'll be able to get it

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision Thursday to approve the country’s first nonprescription oral contraceptive is expected to expand birth control access for millions of people. But the ...
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6 Popular Over-the-Counter Antidepressants

Do Over-the-Counter Antidepressants Actually Work? If you're reading this, chances are, you've heard of antidepressants. But did you know there are over-the-counter "medications" you can buy that ...
NPR

Reviews for over-the-counter drugs are long overdue, experts say

The FDA recently determined that the country's leading decongestant is ineffective. Experts warn ineffectiveness isn't limited to that drug and expect more reviews of over-the-counter medicine. In ...
Talking With Docs on MSN

Kidney damage and bleeding risks from over-the-counter pain medications

Kidney damage and bleeding risks from over-the-counter pain medications ...
CNN

Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving in stores

The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online. The medicine, with the brand name Narcan, has a suggested retail ...
The New York Times

The Victory for Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Is Just the Beginning

Dr. Grossman is a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and the director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health. He ...
Los Angeles Times

The first over-the-counter birth control pill becomes available. Where is it sold?

Fifty years after the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription birth control pill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill has become available to the public without a prescription ...
Los Angeles Times

FDA questions proposal to make birth control pill available over the counter

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug ...
Popular Mechanics

The Best Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in 2023

If you have mild to moderate hearing loss, October 17, 2022 is a significant date. It’s when over-the-counter hearing aids hit the market and the U.S. became the only country in the world to sell ...