Quote:5. Make most drugs non-prescription. That would eliminate numerous otherwise unnecessary trips to the doctor. Amoxicillin for childhood ear infections is a prime example of this. It was absurd that Prilosec was suddenly found out to be safe as a non-prescription drug just as the patent expired.


Absolutely not. Amoxicillin is already over prescribed as it is, and now you want to grant the ordinary citizen the ability to treat their own bacterial infections. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. We already have a antibiotic resistance crisis. Let's pour gasoline on the fire. No.