Thursday, 02 February 2012
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Pfizer Birth Controll Recall
Pfizer recalled nearly 1 million birth control pills because some of the placebo (inactive) pills were mistakenly placed in the active pill spots. Birth control pills are normally packed in blister packs containing 21 active pills and seven placebo pills to be taken in that order. The error in the order of the recalled packs will increase chance of contraception failure.
The recall affects certain lots of Lo/Ovral-38 as well as the generic forms of norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets. The problematic packets have expiration dates ranging between July 31, 2013, and March 13, 2014.
Click here for a list of the recalled lot numbers.
Pfizer urge consumers using the affected lot to start using a non-hormonal form of birth control immediately. Women who have been taking the recalled pills should take a pregnancy test if they have any pregnancy symptoms.
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But who cares? Obama made it free!
oops... sorry... that was over on healthkicker...
@grim_truth@xanga - *LOL* Yep, you get what you pay for.
This...strikes me as another "common sense" thing; when I took the pill, the "off" week was a different color than the "active" ones. Wouldn't you look at it and question what was up? I certainly would have.
@MyTwoCentss@xanga - lololol.
@filtered_sunlight - This made me laugh because my first thought was the exact same thing.
But then I realized that common sense died a LONG time ago.
@filtered_sunlight - Lol that's the first thing I though. I questioned when my "off' pills were a little brighter red than usual, though that was fine.
I used to never look at the color of my pills. I am SOOOO glad i'm not taking that BC. I would be really upset if i got pregnant thinking i was taking my BC correctly.
Another reason to not just rely on the pill if you are adamant about staying pregnancy-free. This reminds me of when I found out that unless you take the pill everyday at the exact same time, the 98% effectiveness turns to 83% or something.
But yeah, sucks for those who don't really pay attention to their pills. I have to assume even though they were mispackaged, the colors were still correct. Still good they are recalling it, though, because you (or your insurance company, whatever) are paying for 3 weeks of active pills.
You might get the horrible pregnancy disease!!! OH NOeEEEZZZZ!
@NightCometh@xanga - Do you think that it's wrong to take birth control? For payment, of course, I am not a fan of "free" government provided birth control, or employers and insurance companies being forced to provide it.
Your tone sounds like you think that all women who take birth control do so flippantly, with disregard for the miracle of life.
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - I think hormonal birth control is completely unnatural, and outside of thinking during the past century...women would have scoffed at the idea. Our collective thinking has been so changed and re-routed, that women have come to believe that the pill is good and natural. Evil people, like Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood fame, have set out to "educate" women about what they should do with their bodies. The result is a lack of respect for sex, women letting men get away with sex without marrying them...women ending up lonely and single, and often end up committing murder of their own children because it might take away the "dream" of being young, single, and childless...and able to screw whomever they want because "that's what's normal". Do you see how the pill enables all this horribly immoral thinking? That's why I'm so against it.
@NightCometh@xanga - No, I don't see that this is the fault of the pill, at all. Hormonal birth control is unnatural, but so are many things, and surely ingesting them should be the choice of the person involved. Birth control has been around, and desired, from ancient times. Folks used lots of methods, from extended nursing to inserting a foreign object (such as a pebble) in the womb- this would be similar to a non-hormonal IUD, to spermicidal herbal suppositories, to cotton and wool, supposed to block sperm from entering the womb. This happened as early as ancient Egypt, so the desire to prevent pregnancy can hardly be confined to the last century, and the information is easily googled if you want to check. I would say that the argument against the pill because it's unnatural is no argument at all. Humans survive and thrive by altering their environment to be unnatural.
I agree with you that Margaret Sanger was an evil woman. She blatantly promoted abortion in black neighborhoods in an effort to eradicate their race. Planned Parenthood continues to do this today, and I don't support them or government funding of them. Government funding of anything, actually, but that's a different story.
I don't think that informing women that they have a choice of whether and when to bear children has led to the problems you mention. I think that those problems have come, not from the existence of the pill, but on our increasing dependence on government intervention and decreasing respect for the rights of the individual, which can only lead, eventually, to disrespect for ourselves- causing the problems that you mentioned- sex being treated casually, women not expecting or demanding commitment from men, etc.
I can offer myself as an example of a woman who has chosen not to have children at this time, and who has chosen hormonal birth control as my method to prevent it. I don't disrespect sex. I am married, and don't have unrealistic dreams of being "young, single, and childless". And I don't think it's normal or desirable to sleep with a whole bunch of random dudes, and I don't use it for that purpose. My mother, who has four children, used the pill. My grandmother did, and had four. There are many, many women out there who use contraception within committed relationships. You're right, there are many out there who don't, as well, but no, I don't think that the pill caused the problem.
I do think that having a child is a full-time, very important job that should be entered into purposefully. I do think that it's okay for a woman to choose never to have a child.
@NightCometh@xanga - Hormonal birth control isn't just used to prevent pregnancy. It's also used to help regulate a woman's cycle, ease dysmenorrhea and deal with heavy blood loss. I myself took BC for this very reason. I was put on it when I was 17 because I suffered from dysmenorrhea and heavy periods for 6 years. I was passing out at school from the pain and prescription painkillers didn't help, but BC did! I didn't become sexually deviant either because I was brought up to respect myself. How a young woman treats her body has a lot to do with how she was raised and her home and life experiences. Just because a woman takes birth control does not mean she will
automatically become some slut and sleep around with every man in town. I took birth control for 4 1/2 years and have only slept with one man, my husband.
@NightCometh@xanga - You're right, hormonal birth control is unnatural. So are glasses. And cars. And anti-biotics. And chemotherapy. And there are plenty of legitimate reasons why one might be using hormonal birth control from regulating their cycle to preventing acne to treating mood swings that are a result of hormones. People's view of sexuality and body image shouldn't be the dependent on the existence of the pill.
As far as Planned Parenthood goes, it really bugs me that A) People are opposed to the idea of women getting important information about their health B) People are so ignorant that they are willing to only focus on the issue of abortion (which, by law, cannot be funded by the federal government) and ignore all of the important health issues that Planned Parenthood addresses. Every person who claims to be "pro-life" but cheered for PP being defunded, or the Komen Foundation pulling funding is a hypocrite. Just because the woman who needs a breast cancer screening or pap smear is already born doesn't mean that her health should be disregarded.
I read this book about how there a were "inactive" birth control pills packages sent out to keep the abortion clinics and welfare assistance in business. I wonder how long it took for those people to give "us" the heads up.
@NightCometh@xanga - I'm sorry but you sound so dumb. People are going to have sex regardless of whether or not they have the pill. Some people just DON'T want kids, and there is nothing wrong with that. Birth control might not be natural (just like most things) but it's sure as hell good. This is the 21st century, you should probably catch up with the rest of us.
...and that's what's great about nuva ring!
2012 - the year of the babies.
This would acitrually suck for some people. I don't have to worry about this, because for one I am pregnant and I choose to become pregnant. But still and honestly I can agree with those who said they don't look at their pills. cause way back when i was in college and on the pill I never looked at. I just popped it out and put it in my mouth and swallowed it. Then again its early in the morning and I just want to get to class and have the time light wasn't on cause roomate was sleeping. So the whole commen sense thing can be ruled out b/c some people just don't pay attention. You just assume they have it right and take it.
My mom always said those birth control pills weren't good. Good thing I agree with her on that. That shit got many side-effects. Plus, some were recalled. This isn't the first time there's something wrong with birth control pills. Honestly, I support sex education and teaching high schoolers and college students about birth control (it taught me a lot), but the fact that Obama wants to make it "free" is bullshit. This isn't a communist country. If you can't afford a kid or want an STD use freaking condoms, or use your brain and not have sex! Geez!