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Article: PHARMACISTS SEE NO RUSH YET FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER CLARITIN
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- December 17, 2002
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Prescription demand heavy to beat shift
Banners heralded its impending arrival. Stores announced to
shoppers that Claritin, the top-selling allergy relief medication,
would soon be available without a prescription.
But customers refrained from emptying the shelves when Claritin
became available over the counter in local stores last week.
"Nobody's been saying, `Oh, I can't wait 'til it comes out,' '
said pharmacist Ron Rust of the Medicine Shoppe in Beavercreek.
Several colleagues hadn't had much demand for the drug, either, he
said.
Nonprescription Claritin became sporadically available at