Other patients learn of the policy only at the systems' pharmacy counters.
Nine have put it behind pharmacy counters, and Oregon now requires a prescription to obtain it.
There are no nicer people anywhere in the world than those behind the pharmacy counter and working the sales aisles.
All drug users can exchange used syringes at pharmacy counters across the country.
As a result, cold medicines with pseudoephedrine must now be sold behind the pharmacy counter.
Rather than being placed on drugstore shelves, the contraceptive would be behind a pharmacy counter.
It is available by prescription for women of all ages and without a prescription but behind pharmacy counters in several states.
The problem, they say, is a result of big-box retailers adding pharmacy counters in their stores.
On Friday, it offered guidance to pharmacists, telling them how to deal with two dozen questions and problems that could arise at the pharmacy counter.
More than 4 in 10 prescriptions filled at retail pharmacy counters are generic.