Pharmaceutical Business review

McNeil Consumer’s Zyrtec available without a prescription

Allergy sufferers can now find Zyrtec-D 12-HOUR and Zyrtec in stores in the original prescription strength. Zyrtec is a once-a-day medication for adults and children that provide 24 hour relief from the worst symptoms due to perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Ashley McEvoy, president, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, said: “It is claimed to be the number one prescribed allergy medicine in the US with a loyal patient base of nine million people. Now that Zyrtec is stocked on store shelves, these allergy sufferers can easily get the effective allergy relief they need, and for many, Zyrtec will cost up to one-third less than prescription Zyrtec.”