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Article: Claritin's switch brings little fanfare
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- December 14, 2002
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BLOOMINGTON - Claritin users no longer need a prescription to get
their favorite nonsedating allergy medicine.
Whether those allergy patients will continue with Claritin as it
moves from prescription only to over-the-counter, or whether they
will switch to a prescription-only antihistamine, depends on whether
their insurance company provides prescription drug benefits, Twin
City pharmacists said Friday.
The same is true for patients trying allergy medicine for the
first time.
Pharmacists such as John Brandau, manager at Schnucks Pharmacy in
Bloomington, were fielding calls and questions from people about the
Claritin move Friday, but they weren't exceptionally busy.
Claritin went ...