Re: Oral Contraceptives: Over-the-Counter???
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Jul 2 20:39:48 2000
nope - just pointing things out - both pro and con.
i'm all for availability of contraception - just wonder how folks would
be screened. also the package insert with the condom seems a bit
shorter.
and i take it this measure has your wholehearted support?
art
At Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Robert J. Woolley wrote:
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>In message <64.43d06f7.26911a5a@aol.com> writes:
>> In a message dated 7/2/00 9:30:39 PM !!!First Boot!!!, evsono@pipeline.com
>> writes:
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>> > the drawbacks are obvious too - many women for whom oc's are less
>> > desirable, eg smokers, medical problems, etc, may not be making a truly
>> > informed choice.
>> >
>> I worry that women will not come in for annual pap and pelvic exam. So many
>> times I have patients who only realize it is time for their annual when their
>>
>> Rx for OCPs runs out.
>
>Following this logic, we should obviously also makes condoms and spermicide by
>prescription only, too, right? Is that your opinion?
>
>> I do agree that it will be good for adolescents. I have had so many pregnant
>>
>> ones who were embarrassed to go get pills, or didn't have the money or were
>> worried their parents would find out they were sexually active.
>
>Let's see: you apparently agree that for teenagers the benefits (avoiding
>unwanted pregnancies) outweigh the negatives (they don't have to come in for
>annual exams). But you do *not* think that this is the case for non-adolsecents?
>Please explain.
>
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>Bob Woolley
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>The United States representative at the inauguration of Chile's first
>socialist president since the timely demise of Salvador Allende was...
>guess who? Janet Reno. How appropriate.
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>-- Stephen Cox
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art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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