[JumpCrisscross]

We have a lot of unnecessary gatekeeping. Prescriptions come to mind.

Unless it’s addictive or subject to group effects (e.g. antibiotics), it should be OTC. If someone kills themselves self administering another YouTube cure, that’s on the influencer and the patient.

[s1artibartfast]

I ran into a murderous rage last year trying to buy kidney friendly cat food because it required a prescription.

Not sure who's life those regulations were saving.

[sneak]

The nice thing about having grown up in and around the underground cash economy that drives the USA is that I never forget that it’s usually cheaper and easier to just call your guy than to go wait in line like a schnook.

My first box of Paxlovid was bought for cash.

When Germany offered me only NSAIDs the 9th day after using a bone saw on me, the black market was there for me too.

Seems cat food would be an easy one. Want me to ask my guys, or are you sorted now?

[s1artibartfast]

The cat is dead now, but not before I was squeezed for a few grand by excessive regulation. At the time, I was wishing there was an underground option for blood testing. You don't need a 300k degree to stick a needle in a cat or read a PDF to me.

Kinda like how a barber in my state need a 20k license and 1000 hours of training, but on steroids. At least at home haircuts aren't illegal (yet).

[JumpCrisscross]

Omg, pet medicines! I wound up getting several when I went to India. Only edit I had to make was to the dose, since they were packaged for people.