FDA to rule on morning-after pill

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FDA to rule on morning-after pill

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Tuesday, August 9, 2005; Posted: 6:01 a.m. EDT (10:01 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- By month's end, federal health officials will decide whether to let women buy emergency contraception without a prescription -- and if so, whether the morning-after pill will be treated more like aspirin off the shelf or like cigarettes.

Regardless of how the Food and Drug Administration ends the two-year saga, it isn't likely to settle the issue. States are moving to expand access to Plan B, the pill that can prevent pregnancy if taken soon after unprotected sex, amid some competing efforts to restrict it.

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Well, I know PAD was waiting for something like this. I'm interested to see how it turns out, and if it affects "Walgreens situations" any.
 
[quote name='Quackzilla']This will prevent those awkward situations when you realise you forgot to put another condom in your wallet.[/QUOTE]

You shouldn't put condoms in your wallet; they degrade in there.
 
It doesn't matter so much to me, but it's good to see them finally moving forward with the age-restriction proposal. Personally I think it'd be fine selling them OtC, but I think a restriction of some kind or simply stocking them behind the counter (which seems like it may happen with or without the FDA) would help prevent abuse of the drug.
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']It doesn't matter so much to me, but it's good to see them finally moving forward with the age-restriction proposal. Personally I think it'd be fine selling them OtC, but I think a restriction of some kind or simply stocking them behind the counter (which seems like it may happen with or without the FDA) would help prevent abuse of the drug.[/QUOTE]

Never heard of people addicted to these pills. Though, you think it's a good idea to have 14 year olds barred from buying it and being forced to have their child, since their parents disapprove?
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Never heard of people addicted to these pills. Though, you think it's a good idea to have 14 year olds barred from buying it and being forced to have their child, since their parents disapprove?[/QUOTE]

Abuse doesn't always equal addiction. The state here recently passed a law regarding the abuse of Sudafed and similar drugs because of the abuse of illegal drug makers use it in meth, the sudafed itself is not as dangerous as the people using outside of it's original purpose. Anyhow maybe abuse is the wrong word, how about misuse of the drug?

Still it's my understanding that this is a jucied up dosage of a birth control pill (which oddly enough are only available by perscription) that undoubtly alters someone's hormones even if for a short period. Now I'm sure some 13 or 14 year old will be naive to use this morning after pill everyday thinking it's just like birth control but now they don't need to go to a doctor or anything. And even then I'm not saying they can't get the pill at all they just can't buy 4 boxes worth as it's sitting next to the asprin. IIRC in most places minors don't need to get parental consent to go a physican or clinic for the morning after pill. Finally, I never meant age restrictions were the best way to go, but that's what the FDA originally said needed to happen and if it gets available OTC then fine. I simply meant it was good to see them moving foward on the subject instead of stashing it away for 2 or 3 more years even if that means a comromise. Personally I don't see what's wrong with stocking behind the counter and placing a limit on how much you can buy? I certainly don't see anything wrong with that seeing as how I can't buy Sudafed without walking up the counter and asking for it anyhow and the limit helps curb any possible misuse.

One more thing, I do my best to not put words in your mouth, don't quote me then try to put ones I never said in mine. Sorry if you got that impression, but it makes for very pointless and circular discussions.
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']Still it's my understanding that this is a jucied up dosage of a birth control pill (which oddly enough are only available by perscription) that undoubtly alters someone's hormones even if for a short period. Now I'm sure some 13 or 14 year old will be naive to use this morning after pill everyday thinking it's just like birth control but now they don't need to go to a doctor or anything. And even then I'm not saying they can't get the pill at all they just can't buy 4 boxes worth as it's sitting next to the asprin.[/QUOTE]
Can you tell me your logic behind this? It would seem to me that your singling out this particular drug for a potential to be misused, but how does that change from ANY OTC DRUG that you can buy at any age, including the asprin that it would be next to?

Are you for an age limit on purchasing any-and-all drugs? If so, then I can understand your opinion.

If not, then why this particular drug? What's to stop a not-so-bright 14 year old with "a really bad headache" from downing a whole bottle of perfectly fine OTC asprin (and then dying)? Repeat this example with every single drug that you can find on the shelf.
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']Abuse doesn't always equal addiction. The state here recently passed a law regarding the abuse of Sudafed and similar drugs because of the abuse of illegal drug makers use it in meth, the sudafed itself is not as dangerous as the people using outside of it's original purpose. Anyhow maybe abuse is the wrong word, how about misuse of the drug?

Still it's my understanding that this is a jucied up dosage of a birth control pill (which oddly enough are only available by perscription) that undoubtly alters someone's hormones even if for a short period. Now I'm sure some 13 or 14 year old will be naive to use this morning after pill everyday thinking it's just like birth control but now they don't need to go to a doctor or anything. And even then I'm not saying they can't get the pill at all they just can't buy 4 boxes worth as it's sitting next to the asprin. IIRC in most places minors don't need to get parental consent to go a physican or clinic for the morning after pill. Finally, I never meant age restrictions were the best way to go, but that's what the FDA originally said needed to happen and if it gets available OTC then fine. I simply meant it was good to see them moving foward on the subject instead of stashing it away for 2 or 3 more years even if that means a comromise. Personally I don't see what's wrong with stocking behind the counter and placing a limit on how much you can buy? I certainly don't see anything wrong with that seeing as how I can't buy Sudafed without walking up the counter and asking for it anyhow and the limit helps curb any possible misuse.

One more thing, I do my best to not put words in your mouth, don't quote me then try to put ones I never said in mine. Sorry if you got that impression, but it makes for very pointless and circular discussions.[/QUOTE]

I didn't intentionally put words in your mouth. I thought you meant age restrictions, since the article was mentioning treating them like cigarettes. I don't care about limiting the amount you can buy at a particular time.
 
[quote name='evilmax17']Can you tell me your logic behind this? It would seem to me that your singling out this particular drug for a potential to be misused, but how does that change from ANY OTC DRUG that you can buy at any age, including the asprin that it would be next to?

Are you for an age limit on purchasing any-and-all drugs? If so, then I can understand your opinion.

If not, then why this particular drug? What's to stop a not-so-bright 14 year old with "a really bad headache" from downing a whole bottle of perfectly fine OTC asprin (and then dying)? Repeat this example with every single drug that you can find on the shelf.[/QUOTE]

Well I urge you to read the whole post again (I can see the circular pattern beginning...), it clearly states that I didn't think an age restriction was the best solution. I said it was good to see a possible compromise rather than the FDA doing nothing at all. Even then there's a difference between downing a whole bottle (which the only situation where someone really does that is attempted suicide or little kids thinking it's candy, if you do that at age 14 you probably can't figure out how to use the bathroom either in which case you shouldn't be taking Flintstone vitamins unsupervised) and taking one pill every day (which was the example I intended). They refer to it as an emergency contraceptive for a reason, if you were to take it everyday I'm sure there would be some kind of unwanted side effect and you'd probably throw your hormones out of whack pretty good. I do not see my example happening if they provide OTC birth control pills, yet the idea of the pill being prescription only (or at least as I understand it) is that you have some kind of doctor supervision while using it. Actually to be honest anyone could misuse the drug in a similar manner (which is why limiting it is a good way to go IMO), I guess it's just easier to see a minor doing it.
 
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