The Pharmaceutical Industry

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DeepOne

This sounds like an incredibly dumb idea.

Actually it is an accepted use of BCP.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Actually it is an accepted use of BCP.

Back when I read about it ten or fifteen years ago, it was an accepted use by doctors, but was still off label.

There's a specific formula and dosage to follow, and your doctor can tell you what it is, but it's safe.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

Back when I read about it ten or fifteen years ago, it was an accepted use by doctors, but was still off label.

There's a specific formula and dosage to follow, and your doctor can tell you what it is, but it's safe.

It is still used today.

[glatt]

Huh, occording to wikipedia, this off label use of regular birth control pills is approved by the FDA. So it's off label, but it's more than just understood by doctors to be OK, it's actually gov't approved.

"The combined or Yuzpe regimen uses large doses of both estrogen and progestin, taken as two doses at a 12-hour interval. This method is now believed to be less effective and less well-tolerated than the progestin-only method.[4] It is possible to obtain the same dosage of hormones, and therefore the same effect, by taking several regular combined oral contraceptive pills. For example, 4 Ovral pills are the same as 4 Preven pills.[5][6] The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this off-label use of certain brands of regular combined oral contraceptive pills in 1997.[2][5][7]"

If I recall correctly, any birth control pills will work, you just have to know which pills of the month to take, so you get the ones with the proper hormone levels.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

If I recall correctly, any birth control pills will work, you just have to know which pills of the month to take, so you get the ones with the proper hormone levels.

No and yes. No not any will work because of the different levels of hormones contained in various BCP, they run the gamet. Yes you have to have the right ones.