Article: PHARMACISTS SEE NO RUSH YET FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER CLARITIN

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

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