My doctor's literally check a website for that.
Anyway, I'm not saying you shouldn't see a doctor. Or that you should take meds without seeing a doctor, first, and getting a recommendation. I'm saying doctors as gatekeepers for access to medicine is bullshit.
The only argument against it is "some people are foolhardy fuckwits" and
Why should everything suck to protect foolhardy fuckwits? Is what I ask myself