Overuse of or withdrawal from prescription and nonprescription medicines, illegal drugs, or alcohol.

In other shifts from prescription to over-the-counter, the company that originates the drug will keep the majority of the profits.

Answering this question, Mr. Kuttner shifts from prescription to an examination of what has gone wrong.

"When a drug goes from prescription to over the counter, there's usually a huge increase in the number of people who use it."

Others need help from prescription high blood pressure medication.

Authority, in such countries, was drawn from tradition and prescription and was usually buttressed by religious belief and practice.

Others are prohibited from prescription to pregnant women or children.

Why are some drugs changed from prescription to non-prescription or over-the-counter (OTC)?

Home testing kits have helped make patients more independent, as has the switching of such products as ibuprofen from prescription to over-the-counter status.

Permission is by definition very different from prescription (though not necessarily incompatible with it).