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but some good reasons that prescription control is necessary is to (1) control easily abused substances (this means narcotics as well as antibiotics, though the litigious culture here in the US is quickly rendering traditional antibiotics useless) and, probably most importantly,

This is only an argument for requiring prescriptions for narcotics and possibly viagra. This argument is completely invalid for any drug which isn't fun to use, such as birth control, amebiasis pills, anti-fungals, etc.

(2) maintain communication with your healthcare provider.

This argument is completely invalid for any drug which doesn't require long term uses (e.g., anti-inflammatories, amebiasis pills).

Many other countries allow many drugs to be safely given out OTC with no adverse side effects. The only reason for maintaining our current system is to preserve the privileged status of doctors and regulators.