Oregon State University researchers conducted a telephone survey of more than 400 pharmacies in Oregon and learned that 43% of them were unwilling to sell a 10-pack of syringes to someone without a ...

but oral syringes were not available. So, she left the syringe uncapped (and without a needle), and included the tear-off label from the unit-dose cup for reference. The physician never noticed ...

Oregon State University researchers conducted a telephone survey of more than 400 pharmacies in Oregon and learned that 43% of them were unwilling to sell a 10-pack of syringes to someone without ...

In the syringe study, however, they found the opposite to be the case—rural pharmacies were twice as likely to sell a syringe 10-pack over the counter than urban pharmacies.

More than two-fifths of Oregon community pharmacies require a prescription to purchase syringes, even though they can be sold over the counter, creating an access barrier that could exacerbate the ...