Over The Counter Zyrtec Will Finally Be Available To Americans

Finally, 18 years after Canada made the very popular antihistamine Zyrtec over the counter, the FDA has decided Americans are 'adult enough' to buy it without a doctor. Gone are the days when you'd have to smuggle $0.20 Zyrtec from Canada to avoid paying $2.00 for a tablet here in the US.

Of course, the FDA recommended this change the first time back in 2001, but their back room deals with the drug companies kept that from happening.

Sadly, the more you learn about the FDA's prescription regime, the more you realize it's mostly about profit protection for corporations and very little about public safety.