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Re:A DIY diabetes kit by kennywinker on Saturday July 16, 2016 @01:01PM (#12107000)
Birth control is a bad example, because as far as I can find it's prescription only for sex-negative cultural reasons, not for medical reasons.

It is exceedingly easy to overdose on tylenol, and yet it's available without any controls.

Re:A DIY diabetes kit by refurb on Sunday July 17, 2016 @03:41AM (#12109390)
Birth control pills are prescription because they can increase the risk of a woman getting a blood clot. In the case of women who smoke, it's a drastic increase.

Sex-negative has nothing to do with it. Plan B is non-prescription.

Re:A DIY diabetes kit by kennywinker on Monday July 18, 2016 @02:11PM (#12116975)
Until very recently plan B was prescription only, so that's not a strong counter example.

The question is, does something about visiting a doctor to get a prescription for birth control mitigate the risk of a blood clot? Something that there would be no way to replicate with say better women's health education or a nice info-graphic next to the birth control section?

Re:A DIY diabetes kit by brudgers on Saturday July 16, 2016 @02:14PM (#12107318)
Condoms aren't prescription only in many jurisdictions either.