WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: OTC BCP's?

Re: OTC BCP's?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 06:31:17 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 29 Jun 2000, AMD wrote: >
>I've read an article about the FDA reveiwing several prescription drugs
>to determine if they should be available without a prescription,
>including oral contraceptives.
>
>What do you folks think of birth control pills being available
>over-the-counter?
>
>Andrea

It has some good points and some bad points.

It might prevent a few more pregnancies (Good)

It will lead to a lot of unsupervised use which may lead to a lot more complications. (How many women over 35 who smoke will use it and have strokes who would not have been able to get a prescription from their Doc?) (Bad)

There are many others on both sides. And there is no good clear cut answer as I see it. Somebody gets hurt no matter which way you go. It just changes who it is that gets hurt.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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