# Why so few over-the-counter analgesics?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-over-the-counter-analgesics/596690 "2011-09-18T02:29:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-over-the-counter-analgesics/596690/61 "2011-09-22T00:09:06Z")

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> [@curlcoat](#):
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> That stuff is OTC in Texas???

I wish. No, they were prescribed to me when I had my wisdom teeth pulled and when I had knee surgery. I didn’t really need them, maybe because of the celecoxib and meloxicam, but I tried some anyway and that was my experience.

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-over-the-counter-analgesics/596690/62 "2011-09-22T00:54:52Z")

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> [@abbeytxs](#):
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> Good lord, no!! CVS and Walgreens buy their hydrocodone from different manufacturers. We have quite a few patients who state that they have reactions to the different inert ingredients that are used in the tablets. Some prefer the “white ones” some prefer the “yellow”.

Oh, bummer

cancels road trip to Texas

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