FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill
1 year, 7 months ago

FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill

Associated Press  

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. FDA’s decision won’t apply to other birth control pills although advocates hope that an approval decision might push other drugmakers to seek over-the-counter sales. 6a3cf98a9c5a4f468fe7d56c3560aa9c Perrigo said its 880-patient study of the drug showed that women will consistently take the pill daily if it’s made available over-the-counter. FDA regulators also suggested changes in U.S. demographics since the pill was first tested — including increased obesity and other chronic conditions— could reduce the drug’s effectiveness.

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OBGYNs: why women are so shockingly in the dark about a device that affects millions of them.
5 months, 4 weeks ago

OBGYNs: why women are so shockingly in the dark about a device that affects millions of them.

Slate  

The nurse practitioner who inserted my IUD worked with the precision and speed of someone on a pit crew. As Takeshita notes, at the first such gathering in 1962, the conference chairman, Alan Guttmacher, discussed the need for a contraceptive for the “masses”: Existing methods, he said, “are largely birth control for the individual, not for a nation.” The user’s …

Column: This huge insurer got caught breaking a law protecting contraceptive access, but its fine is a joke
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: This huge insurer got caught breaking a law protecting contraceptive access, but its fine is a joke

LA Times  

There’s good news and bad news about a legal settlement that New York state just reached with the giant health insurer UnitedHealth over its denial of contraception coverage for a member, which violated state law. A couple more bits of bad news: Not only is UnitedHealth a “repeat offender” in breaching contraception access laws, but it’s also not the only …

Women Don't Just Take Birth Control To Prevent Pregnancies
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Women Don't Just Take Birth Control To Prevent Pregnancies

Huff Post  

Mindful Media via Getty Images About one-third of women ages 15 to 19 who take birth control pills do so for reasons other than preventing pregnancy, according to one study. “I passed out in a Macy’s when I was 16, and that’s when my mom decided to take me to the doctor.” Once, Katie Ann went off birth control for …

"Alarm bells" ringing after abortion and IVF bans, with fears that contraception could be next
9 months ago

"Alarm bells" ringing after abortion and IVF bans, with fears that contraception could be next

Salon  

Earlier this month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain contraception. If this case were to escalate to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the 5th Circuit’s ruling was upheld, it could eventually restrict access to birth control to adolescents and teens nationwide. As one source warned to the Texas …

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order
9 months ago

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration said in a landmark decision last July that the once-a-day Opill could be sold on store shelves and without a prescription. The order, signed by New York Health Commissioner James McDonald at …

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
9 months ago

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin will have access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill starting Tuesday, allowing them to easily receive contraceptive medication with no out-of-pocket costs or doctor’s prescription, Gov. Evers said it was more important than ever to ensure access to the drug “as we see continued attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms here in Wisconsin …

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
9 months ago

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients

The Independent  

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The first over-the-counter birth control pill becomes available. Where is it sold?
9 months ago

The first over-the-counter birth control pill becomes available. Where is it sold?

LA Times  

Fifty years after the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription birth control pill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill has become available to the public without a prescription at most pharmacies, convenience stores and grocery outlets, as well as online. Bridges said online sales of Opill will help provide access to birth control to those who live in remote …

First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores
9 months, 2 weeks ago

First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin. Opill is an older class of contraceptive, sometimes called minipills, that contain a single synthetic hormone, progestin, and generally carry fewer side effects than more popular combination estrogen …

The relevance of the first over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S.
1 year, 4 months ago

The relevance of the first over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S.

The Hindu  

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration on July 13 approved the first birth control pill that can be purchased over the counter without prescription — nearly 60 years after birth control was first introduced in the U.S. A review of the literature around minipill’s efficacy also found “norgestrel 75 µg/day is highly effective in clinical use, …

US: FDA Approves Landmark Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
1 year, 5 months ago

US: FDA Approves Landmark Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

News 18  

Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. “The reason why so many of us worked tirelessly for years to get over-the-counter birth control pills is to improve access … cost shouldn’t …

First Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill Gets FDA Approval
1 year, 5 months ago

First Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill Gets FDA Approval

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. Thursday’s approval came despite some concerns by FDA scientists about the company's results, including whether women with certain underlying medical conditions would understand they shouldn't take the …

First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
1 year, 5 months ago

First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. Forcing insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control would require a regulatory change by the federal government, which women’s advocates are urging the …

US approves 1st over-the-counter birth control pill; now obtain contraceptive medication as easily as eyedrops
1 year, 5 months ago

US approves 1st over-the-counter birth control pill; now obtain contraceptive medication as easily as eyedrops

India TV News  

Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. Forcing insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control would require a regulatory change by the federal government, which women's advocates are urging the Biden administration …

FDA approves nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill
1 year, 5 months ago

FDA approves nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill

LA Times  

Federal regulators approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill Thursday, in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. Forcing insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control would require a regulatory change by the federal government, which women’s advocates are urging the Biden administration to implement. …

FDA advisory panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
1 year, 7 months ago

FDA advisory panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill

LA Times  

Margot Riphagen of New Orleans, wearing a costume resembling a pack of birth control pills, joins a protest at the Supreme Court in 2015. Federal health advisors 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. If the FDA follows the …

Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions
1 year, 7 months ago

Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. The FDA cited problems with the reliability of some of the company’s data on the drug, Opill, and questioned whether women with certain other medical conditions would correctly opt out of taking it. “We have no doubt that our data …

Birth Control Is Next
1 year, 8 months ago

Birth Control Is Next

Slate  

At first glance, what’s happening right now in Iowa looks like a rosy vision for the future of reproductive rights. Pulse Life Advocates, one of the Iowa-based anti-abortion groups that is advocating against the over-the-counter contraception bill, states on its website that “contraception kills babies.” It’s relatively uncommon for an anti-abortion group to state its animus toward birth control so …

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills
1 year, 11 months ago

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills

LA Times  

The Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule change that allows women seeking abortion pills to get them through the mail, replacing a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medicine in person. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. …

Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks FDA approval
2 years, 5 months ago

Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks FDA approval

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. HRA Pharma’s application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women’s reproductive health. “We urge FDA to review applications for over-the-counter birth control pills without delay …

Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access

The Hindu  

A pill used to terminate early pregnancies is unlikely to become available without a prescription for years, if ever, experts told Reuters, as the U.S. Supreme Court curbed abortion rights this week. "We will double down and use every lever we have to protect access to abortion care," Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said in a statement, …

The FDA relaxes controversial restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail
3 years ago

The FDA relaxes controversial restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail

NPR  

The FDA relaxes controversial restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail The FDA is relaxing controversial restrictions on a heavily regulated medication used to induce abortions, easing access to the drug at a time when abortion rights are being restricted nationwide. The Food and Drug Administration says it is permanently making it possible to receive abortion pills through the …

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