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...Enovid, the longest on the market, made by Chicago's G. D. Searle & Co. in large-dose tablets...
...Enovid-E, just released, a miniaturized version of Enovid...
...have been making chemically related substances, now known as progestins, from such unlikely raw materials as the root of the Mexican giant yam. Some of these synthetics are far more potent than natural progesterone-at least for preventing ovulation. The two best known are norethynodrel, the main ingredient in Enovid, and norethindrone, used in the other contraceptive pills now marketed in the U.S. and by various manufacturers around the world...
...Proof. The only serious side effect that responsible medical men have charged against the pills is that they may increase the risk of thrombophlebitis-formation of blood clots, usually in leg veins. A number of women have died of clotting disorders while taking Enovid, but a special committee of experts named by the FDA could find no proof that Enovid was to blame. Many women who have never taken the pills, and who rarely take any drugs, suffer from thrombophlebitis. But nobody knows how the number of such cases compares with that among women taking Enovid. The committee of experts...
...graduating in pharmacy from the University of Michigan. When he took over as president in 1936, he prescribed a strong tonic to make the Skokie, III., company grow. He trimmed its product line from 800 to 16 quality items. The list has since grown to 30, and now includes Enovid, a contraceptive pill whose booming international sales have also boosted the sale of other Searle products. Last year the company earned $13.8 million on sales of $56 million; it now sells in 100 countries. Last week stockholders approved the third stock split in 13 years, making a share that sold...