If fall allergies or an early-season cold have you under the weather, lay in more time at the drug store to snag your favorite relief.

Area drug stores and retailers lately have been pulling cold, cough and allergy medications from their shelves.

In their place, retailers have hung cards or tags that shoppers have to take to the pharmacy to make a purchase.

And some stores, including Target, have slashed their traditional product offerings in their efforts to fit medications behind the pharmacy counter.

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