without a prescription

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The agency also states that packages containing more than a 14 day supply cannot be sold without a prescription.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Pharmacists can administer Covid vaccines to patients in all states without a prescription under the new guidelines, according to the American Pharmacists Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Because the FDA now allows the public to purchase hearing aids without a prescription, some devices have dropped in price.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

Under UK law, it is illegal to sell semaglutide as a medicine without a prescription.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

I can't get it without a prescription from a physician, you know.

From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.