Caution call on pharmacist drugs

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Raising the number of drugs that can be bought at pharmacies may affect safety and cut effectiveness, specialists say.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, two doctors say drugs such as statins could be less effective because over-the-counter doses are lower.
They warn some powerful painkillers available without prescription have potentially harmful side-effects.
But the National Pharmacy Association said its members treated newly classified medicines with caution.

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