1.   Prescription allergy drugs would become available over the counter under an unprecedented plan being presented today to federal regulators by WellPoint Health Networks Inc.

2.   Some panel members expressed concern that consumers would become more blase about high cholesterol -- which already often goes untreated -- if products become readily available over the counter.

3.   The potential for harm may be growing as an increasing number of prescription-only drugs become available over the counter, some authorities warn.

4.   They fear this use will only increase if nicotine products proliferate and if more become available over the counter, as the patches and gum already are.

5.   They join European and other Asian languages that became available over the past several months.