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He said women typically pay
$21 for a cycle of birth control pills
plus the cost of a doctor’s visit.
To work, two to four birth con
trol pills are taken anytime up to
72 hours after sex — not just the
“morning after” — and then the
same dose is taken again exactly
12 hours later. The brands include
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories’ Ovral,
Lo/Ovral, Nordette and Triphasil,
and Berlex Laboratories Levlen
andTri-Levlen.
The pills prevent a fertilized egg
from implanting into the uterus so
that it can grow into an embryo. If
a woman already is pregnant, the
pills will have no effect.
Emergency contraception is dif
ferent from the controversial abor
tion pill +RU+-+486+, which is await
ing final FDA approval and ends
pregnancy by expelling an already
growing embryo from the uterus.
The emergency contraceptive’s
side effects are nausea and vomit
ing, sometimes severe enough to
prevent the pills from working.
Over 4 million women have taken
emergency contraception in
Britain alone, and studies there
have shown no serious side effects.
The FDA stopped short of forcing
Wyeth-Ayerst and Berlex to relabel
their contraceptives to add the emer
gency use, deciding instead to take
the information directly to con
sumers and physicians.
It is highly unusual for the FDA
to declare new uses for a drug
when the manufacturer hasn’t
asked. The agency did name
potassium iodide a radiation ther
apy after the Three Mile Island nu
clear accident.
Legally, the FDA’s action is a re
quest for the manufacturers to
seek permission to advertise
morning-after contraception —
essentially a pre-approval pending
the filing of the proper paperwork.
Wyeth-Ayerst reiterated Monday
that it won’t sell emergency contra
ception here and said it opposes any
efforts to relabel its products. Berlex
declined comment.
Litigation concerns aside, the
companies also fear a backlash
from abortion foes.
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