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Community Pharmacists' Attitudes Toward An Expanded Class Of Nonprescription Drugs, Ruchitbhai Mukesh Shah
Community Pharmacists' Attitudes Toward An Expanded Class Of Nonprescription Drugs, Ruchitbhai Mukesh Shah
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Objectives: there has been considerable discussion about creating a third class of drugs which would not require a prescription, but require a pharmacist's consultation upon purchase. Very recently the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a hearing which repositioned a third class as an expanded nonprescription drug class termed as the "new paradigm" using certain innovative technologies. The specific objectives of this study were to: 1) measure community pharmacists' attitudes toward an expanded nonprescription drug class under the FDA’s proposed "new paradigm"; 2) determine if attitudes of community pharmacists toward an expanded nonprescription drug class under the FDA’s proposed "new …