What do you ladies think about this new birth control pill that ends menstrual cycles indefinitely? Do you feel comfortable with that?
There are already pills (available in Europe) that reduce periods to four times a year. With this newly approved pill your period is gone for good--until you stop taking the pill.
Years ago, I remember reading that monthly periods prepare the body for the experience and pain of child birth and therefore it served vital function, but these days with epidurals and C-sections, childbirth does not have to be a painful process. With this in mind, what is your reaction to this new birth control pill that ends a woman’s period?
Agency Approves a Birth Control Pill Halting Periods Indefinitely
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, May 22 (AP) — The first birth-control pill meant to put a stop to a woman’s monthly period indefinitely has won federal approval, the manufacturer said on Tuesday.
When taken daily, the pill, called Lybrel and made by Wyeth, can halt women’s menstrual periods indefinitely and prevent pregnancies.
It is the latest oral contraceptive approved by the Food and Drug Administration to depart from the 21-days-on, 7-days-off regimen that had been standard since birth-control pill sales began in the 1960s, and is the first made to put off periods altogether when taken without a break . . .
full story here
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/business/23period.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1179936423-RQXjJg2lEG9chLGpAslazg
