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Durham–Humphrey Amendment

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The bill requires any drug that is habit-forming or potentially harmful to be dispensed under the supervision of a health practitioner as a prescription drug and must carry the statement, "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription."
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The law also legalized verbal transmission of prescriptions and provided for the legal right of a pharmacist to refill prescriptions as indicated in a provider's initial prescription.
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Until this law, there was no requirement that any drug be labeled for sale by prescription only. The amendment defined prescription drugs as those unsafe for
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Legend drugs must be dispensed with direct medical supervision, but over-the-counter drugs can be purchased and used without a prescription.
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before beginning his political career. The other sponsor of this amendment was
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and which should therefore be used only under a doctor's supervision.
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explicitly defined two specific categories for medications, legend (
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1951 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act Amendments
Great Seal of the United States
82nd United States Congress
82-215
Statutes at Large
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
21 U.S.C.
ch. 9
Harry S. Truman
prescription
over-the-counter
amendment
Senator
Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.
pharmacist
South Dakota
Carl Durham
North Carolina
House of Representatives
self-medication
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Kefauver Harris Amendment
Food and Drug Administration


This Week In FDA History...
The Evolution of U.S. Drug Law

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