Federal health advisers said a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely US approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication.
WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication.
"In the balance between benefit and risk, we'd have a hard time justifying not taking this action," said Maria Coyle, an Ohio State University pharmacist, who chaired the panel. "The drug is incredibly effective, and I think it will be effective in the over-the-counter realm just as it is in the prescription realm."
Most birth control pills used in the U.S. today contain a combination of progestin and estrogen. Opill is part of an older class of contraceptives that only contain progestin. They generally have fewer side effects and health risks but can be less effective if they're not taken around the same time daily.
Opill over the counter would give us one more option for access and the more options that are available the better.But in reading comprehension studies conducted by Perrigo, 68% of women with unexplained bleeding incorrectly answered they could take the drug. And a few women with breast cancer also told researchers they could use Opill.
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