JUST IN: FDA advisers vote unanimously in support of making a birth-control pill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks.
Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill Opill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. Two FDA advisory panels agreed that people would use the Opill safely and effectively and said groups – including adolescents and those with limited literacy – would be able to take the pill at the same time every day without help from a health care worker.
“The safety profile is so good that you know, we would need to take every other medicine off the market like Benadryl, ibuprofen, Tylenol, which causes deaths, and people can get any amount of that without any oversight, and this is extremely safe, much safer than all three of those medications and incorrect use still doesn’t appear to have problematic issues,” she said. The FDA doesn’t have to follow its advisers’ advice, but it often does.
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