Honors Theses
Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Pharmacy Administration
First Advisor
Donna West-Strum
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
For the past 40 years the F. D. A. (Food and Drug Administration) has considered creating a third class of drugs in the United States of America that would be a pharmacist-only class which could only be sold with the approval of a pharmacist. Several things have inhibited its creation, the main one being the Durham-Humphrey Amendment which states that there are only two classes of drugs: prescription and over-the-counter. This has culminated into the development of the F.D.A.'s new paradigm, which is an expansion of the over-the-counter class of drugs to create and O.T.C.+ category. Community Pharmacists were interviewed in order to learn more about their knowledge and opinions of the new paradigm in order to measure the potential success of an O.T.C.+ class of drugs. Though many barriers were seen facing the implementation of the new paradigm, the majority of those interviewed believed it would be beneficial.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Anna Blair, "The Potential Success of the F.D.A.'S New Paradigm Based on Community Pharmacists' Opinons" (2014). Honors Theses. 74.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/74
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