Comments on: Period-Free Birth Control Pill Approved

Some Docs Say It's Safe; One Researcher Says More Study's Needed On Long-Term Safety

[oleander8]

"It isn't nice to fool Mother Nature"

Any women who jump on this bandwagon are foolish in the extreme.

[phoenix1218]

Unless you know someone who has it I would not write it off as just another pain people come up with. Did people deal with it before, sure, are you right to a point ecuadoriana, yes, but I hope you get some "made up" pain and see how you deal with it. Then, maybe you will not be so quick to judge others who have "made up" pain.

~fibromyalgia~
1) A syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles and soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyalgia syndrome, fibromyositis, fibrositis. Inflammation is absent, and the cause is unknown.

[ecuadoriana]

"As far as I know, PMS didn't exist until about 25 years ago, when the pharmaceutical companies put a name on it so they could sell drugs to controll it." Posted by barbaraf4 at 09:40 AM : May 23, 2007

You are so right on, barbaraf4!!! Before the label "PMS" we just dealt with it, took a mydol, took a nap. In high school (in the cave age 1970s) we were encouraged to participate in gym class & found that physical activity really did help alleviate the symptoms- even if it was to take our minds off it for 45 minutes!

Ever since woman insisted on enslaving themselves to an office desk all day, where they get no physical activity, it's no wonder their symptoms worsened! So of course, there was a doctor waiting on the sidelines to prescribe a pill (cha-ching!) & women readily gobbled them up & enjoyed labeling themselves with a syndrome or excuse (my latest favourite: fibromyalgia. GET UP & GET MOVING!).

When JohnShaft4 asked: "I want to know what is in for me and my fellow man..." he epitomised the school yard/locker room mentality of most ignorant men whose blood flows forever downstream because there's nothing upstream worth hanging around for. He thinks it's all about him & his needs & his wants- which he always wants at his convenience. A man like that should invest in a blow up doll & leave women alone.

[barbaraf4]

"Monthly period may be that annoying at times but its one way knowing that we are still capable of having a child."
Posted by A-JI at 10:08 AM : May 23, 2007

Not so. It is possible to have a period without ovulating.

[a-ji]

Need further test must be done. Anything that are artificially made has bad side effects, may not be notice on early years but definitely it will come at old age. Ladies, lets be extra careful with this one. Monthly period may be that annoying at times but its one way knowing that we are still capable of having a child.

[barbaraf4]

"I want to know what is in for me and my fellow man...WILL THIS END PMS?!"
Posted by JohnShaft4 at 11:38 PM : May 22, 2007

As far as I know, PMS didn't exist until about 25 years ago, when the pharmaceutical companies put a name on it so they could sell drugs to controll it.

We used to have bloating, cramps, fatigue and mood swings (hope I'm not too clinical). Then PMS became an accepted behavior. It became an excuse to really be a b*tch, whether you were suffering the symptoms or not. I worked for a manager who apparently suffered from PMS all month long - at least that was her excuse for her rude, b*tchie behavior 24/7.

This new medication may or may not stop PMS, but I assure there are many, many more listed in the pharmacopoeia that do control it.

If not, when your significant other is having a difficult month, then give her a kiss and tell her you love her (whether it's true or not at that moment). Afterall, she puts up with your antics all month long.

[vermonter52]

The FDA doesn't really have a good track record does it? Just look at all the pills they have approved that have now have been pulled from the market due to side affects. FDA is in it for the money. What problem are you trying to solve with this pill? I would discourage anyone from being a guinea pig again for the FDA on this pill. The women's monthly period is normal, why fool with mother nature.

[ecuadoriana]

Why are women so ready to give over their bodies to a drug company's profit pocket & with all the drugs the FDA approved that have been found to be more harm than good!

A pill that stops mentruation? Good grief. This was designed for men because a woman's cycle is an inconvenience to him! A rite of passage into womanhood is her menstruation but men have their sick preoccupation with all things pre-pubescent- from suckling on (mamma's) teats to wanting women to be shaved completely clean & looking anorexic. Recently I read where women get the skin around their anuses "lightened" to be more attractive. Huh?! In that case, why doesn't he go find himself a boyfriend & let you women find yourselves one of the last real men out there who will love & appreciate all aspects of your being, all phases of your cycle, all the reasons you are a woman! They're out there ladies (I have one! My husband feels that my period is good "down time", giving us time to talk & refresh our friendship w/each other. No, he's not for hire!).

That women are buying into this control pill shows how far we have NOT come- women still allow themselves to be enslaved, controlled & defined by what our bodies mean to men. We are not live-in porn stars or s-x machines.

This isn't a medication prescribed to women who suffer severe dibilitating illness during their periods, it's designed to shut down what makes her a woman.

What next? A 2 for 1 special- Viagra for him & Lybrel for her?

[kirk0518]

what happens if a woman decides she wants to become pregnant, will the pill have an effect on that?..

[galaxiana]

This is unnatural and harmful to a woman's homeostasis, the balance that nature gives her body. Every month that a woman doesn't menstruate, the lining in her uterus thickens a little bit, with the result that women who take these pills for several years without stop will suffer extremely painful periods upon cessation, and probably a much higher chance of miscarraige and abbreviated term pregnancy. The whole point of menstruation is to shed the lining of the uterus when pregnancy does not occur.

Our bodies evolved over time immemorial to function in the certain ways that they do, and artificially stopping these marvelous natural cycles, especially for long periods of time, will lead to grievous harm for the women who do so. All this risk of harm, and for what? So a major drug company can turn a profit?

I really wonder who the FDA is looking out for, when I see unnecessary drugs like this being approved for the "convenience" of women at the expense of their overall homeostasis and well-being.