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Some recent pro-abortion media propaganda has attempted to gaslight the public by painting “self-managed abortion,” sometimes known as “DIY” or “at-home abortion,” as if it is the fault of the pro-life movement and the result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But the abortion industry’s plan to move toward self-managed abortion was set in motion long, long before the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision — in fact, over a decade before. It seems that now, the abortion industry and media’s plan is to blame pro-life laws when anything goes wrong with the self-managed abortions they endorsed...

Ibuprofen works wonders for your headaches, joint pain, muscle aches, and menstrual cramps, so it's probably no surprise that it's the second most common over-the-counter (OTC) drug behind paracetamol (Tylenol), according to a 2023 article https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36876700/ in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. You might get a prescription for ibuprofen if you have rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis to reduce the pain and swelling from these conditions. Ibuprofen might also be used for psoriatic arthritis, arthritis of the spine, and gouty arthritis. Like other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ibuprofen works by blocking an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its first opioid reversal drug, Narcan, for over-the-counter, nonprescription use. "Today's action paves the way for the life-saving medication to reverse an opioid overdose to be sold directly to consumers in places like drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores and gas stations, as well as online." U.S. Food and Drug Administration Narcan, the brand name of the nasal spray naloxone, will switch from prescription to over-the-counter status within the next several months, the agency said. Prescriptions will still be required for other formulations and dosages of naloxone.

I'll be in Memphis soon and I was looking forward to getting some of the OTC Ivermectin that is supposedly available to all persons without prescription. Well, guess what! I just got off the phone with Lucy at the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy and she was ZERO help. Said that the new "law" does not require them to assist in providing any information whatsoever about what pharmacies have Ivermectin. I also called a CVS and...you guessed it...the pharmacist there might just as well have told me to go pound sand. Is there anyone here that's had any success at all...

New Hampshire took a giant step closer to becoming the first U.S. state to offer Ivermectin without a prescription on March 16.By a 183 to 159 vote, New Hampshire’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved HB1022, which would allow pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin under a standing order, meaning anyone can go to a pharmacist and get the human-grade of the medication.NH Republican lawmaker Leah Cushman, a nurse, and the bill’s sponsor, told The Epoch Times in January that she “had absolutely no doubt lives will be saved if human grade Ivermectin was available to COVID patients.”“House Republicans sent a clear message...

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven great interest in the therapeutic potential of repurposed drugs with well-established benefits and safety profiles (toxicity, bioavailability, etc.), many of which act via signal transduction pathways. One category of such drugs is those that reduce acid production in gastroenterological contexts. Acid-suppressing drugs belong to two main classes, based on their mechanisms of action: (i) proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) sterically block H+/K+-ATPase pumps, impeding the final step of acid release in the gastric mucosa. (ii) Histamine H2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) competitively bind the H2R, a type of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR),1 and block the natural stimulation of...

A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found. The combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms. When paired with lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and human milk, the compounds were found to hinder the SARS-CoV-2 virus during tests in monkey cells and human lung cells. The findings by David A. Ostrov, Ph.D., an immunologist and associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine and his colleagues, are published in the journal Pathogens. “We...

Picture: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Fishing Boats caught in a Storm.Today, COVID-19 cases in Canada are declining, from coast to coast, even if some lockdown restrictions remain in force. The summer is approaching and we are all eager to live a return to normality.After all, we got a break last summer from this virus, and we expect some seasonality. OK the virus may return, but in the fall and winter. Not in the summer, please. We need a break. We need a life. That’s the conventional thinking currently prevailing among many in the country.But, is the current situation, with declining...

The FDA on Tuesday approved the first over-the-counter COVID-19 test involving a nasal swab — and near-instant results. “By authorizing a test for over-the-counter use, the FDA allows it to be sold in places like drug stores, where a patient can buy it, swab their nose, run the test and find out their results in as little as 20 minutes,’’ said Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, in a statement on the agency’s website.

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) is leading a new push to allow women to buy birth control without a prescription, hoping to deliver on one of the biggest promises of his freshman Senate campaign last year.A half-dozen Senate Republicans have signed onto Gardner’s bill, which would require drug companies that sell contraceptives to file an application to sell their products over the counter. “Most other drugs with such a long history of safe and routine use are available for purchase over the counter, and contraception should join them,” Gardner wrote in a statement. He said his bill would benefit women in...

On April 30, the Food and Drug Administration approved over the counter sale of the morning-after pill Plan B One-Step to all women aged 15 and older. Plan B One-Step is the name of the drug, made exclusively by Teva Women's Health, Inc., which acts as an emergency contraceptive which reduces the possibility of pregnancy when taken up to three days after sexual intercourse. It is taken as a single-dose 1.5 mg tablet of levonorgestrel. Pharmacies and retailers with on-site pharmacies will have the drug on shelves, and those wishing to purchase it will have to provide proof of age....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it - an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive.

I received an eMail with the following information: "... both WALMART and CVS PHARMACIES should now have available a brand new, over-the-counter EPINEPHRINE ASTHMA INHALER, called ASTHMANEFRIN, sold by NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS Please address any questions to them at 855-999-3926. No, this is NOT PRIMATENE MIST, but it has the SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT as Primatene Mist, EPINEPHRINE, and BEST OF ALL, UNLIKE PRIMATENE MIST, IT HAS NO ETHANOL!"

From improvements in blowout presenters to improved systems for skimming oil if it does get out of a deep-water well, the offshore industry has spent the past year trying to avoid a repeat of the accident that killed 11 men and triggered the nation's largest offshore oil spill.

On March 23, 2010 President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...that includes changes to the classification of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs... Under the new health care reform legislation, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, medicines and biologicals will be eligible for reimbursement only if the request is accompanied by a doctor's prescription. This means items such as cough medicines, pain relievers, acid controllers, diaper rash ointment, to name a few, will no longer be reimbursed unless there is a doctor's prescription submitted along with the reimbursement request

Lynch amendment spooks DTCC Author: Duncan Wood Source: Risk magazine | 03 Mar 2010 As dealers and legislators feud over reform of the over-the-counter derivatives market, at least one innocent bystander – New York-based post-trade utility the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) – has been caught in the crossfire. At the end of February, DTCC staff travelled to Washington, DC to voice their concerns. It's a real pain for them. It's one thing having a go at banks but the consequence of this amendment is that it's now sweeping up a utility as well At issue is an amendment...

Derivatives Markets Rebound As Reform Recedes Robust trading activity in OTC derivatives products likely to continue as reform momentum dissipates. Guest Post by Oxford Analytica Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, particularly credit default swaps (CDSs), were faulted as a cause of the credit crunch, most prominently in a June 17 speech by US President Barack Obama announcing his administration’s plan for financial reform. This led to calls in the United States and elsewhere to regulate the CDS market. Regulatory outlook. Some of this pressure has been addressed indirectly by proposals such as the G20’s commitment to require all standardised OTC derivative contracts...

Kabuki on the Potomac: Reforming Credit Default Swaps and OTC Derivatives May 18, 2009 /snip We gratefully acknowledge contributions for today's comment from members of the Herbert Gold Society, an informal group of current and former employees of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve System. Despite bringing the world economy to its knees and costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in bailouts for events such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and American International Group (NYSE:AIG), the Masters of the Universe who run the largest Wall Street firms of have learned not a thing when it comes to credit...

Old Testament Challenge 4 - God Is With Us From a book By John Ortberg with Kevin & Sherry Harney On line links: Northwoods Community Church http://www.nwoods.org/storyWithChart.asp?storyid=393 Willow Creek Church http://www.willowcreek.com/resources/courses/otc/ 9/29/07 Old Testament Challenge - Sermon Tim Riest “God is With Us” Genesis is very real—almost too raw. Genesis is exactly like today. There is murder, polygamy, favoritism, sibling rivalry, lies, stealing, war, incest, and homosexuality. Sometimes we feel alone. We need assurance of God’s presence. Kids want stuffed animals at night because they don’t want to be alone. Adults are the same way. God is: Transcendent – beyond...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Starting Thursday, allergy sufferers can find the most-prescribed allergy medication available for over-the-counter sales. Zyrtec is the brand name for cetirizine and is approved to relieve allergy-related sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and also, itching from hives. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for sale without a prescription in November.Dr. Rajan Merchant from Woodland Healthcare said it is the same formula as a doctor would prescribe."The efficacy is the same; the dosage is the same as the prescription strength. But the reason it is going over the counter is because we have enough safety data...