# E-DRUG: OC OTC?? **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [May 16, 1997, 2:19pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-oc-otc/773 "1997-05-16T14:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Emilio\_J\_Sanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Dr\_Emilio\_J\_Sanz](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Emilio_J_Sanz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 1997, 2:19pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-oc-otc/773/1 "1997-05-16T14:19:20Z")
E-drug: OC OTC?? ---------------- Dear friends, After the completion of a pilot study on drug utilization in our region we realized that more than 95% of Oral Contraceptives were sold without a prescription despite the fact that they are "prescription Medcines" and will -formaly- need a prescription from a physician to get them at the pharmacy. I wonder if there is any country in which OC are sold as OTC, or if there is the same trend in other countries (OC being sold as OTC despite their classification as prescription drugs). Should OC being transformed in OTC?. Is it essential to get always a prescription for them? Why?. Prof. Emilio J. Sanz Department of Pharmacology- Clinical Pharmacology School of Medicine University of La Laguna Tenerife. Canary Islands. Spain Email: esanz@ull.es -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.