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Eight out of 10 american women of childbearing age have taken the Pill to prevent pregnancy, yet most are unaware that the oral contraceptive has another use. In a somewhat higher dose, it can serve as a "morning after" drug to avoid pregnancy after unprotected...
...Food and Drug Administration has decided to take matters into its own hands. The agency plans to publish a notice in the Federal Register declaring that oral contraceptives can be used safely and effectively to avoid pregnancy as late as three days after intercourse. While the action falls short of formal FDA approval, which can be granted only when a manufacturer files an application, it gives unmistakable and official sanction to emergency use. "We're delighted," says Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "We've been using this procedure for many years in our clinics...
...decision was based largely on testimony by James Trussell, director of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University, at a committee meeting late last month. Citing large-scale morning-after trials involving six different oral contraceptives, Trussell reported a 75% drop in the rate of pregnancies. Women in the trial were asked to take a set of two or four pills (depending on dosage), the first set within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, the second dosage 12 hours after the first set. The result: only 2% of those who took emergency contraception became pregnant, compared with...
Scientists, by focusing only on the sexual relations of gay people, tend to suggest deceptively that oral sex may be a problem faced exclusively by homosexuals [MEDICINE, June 17]. I teach biology at a large community college, and most of the questions about the safety of oral sex are from heterosexual students who have probably switched to oral sex from other forms of sexual expression for its purported safety. It is important to inform everybody, irrespective of sexual orientation, that practicing oral sex isn't the easy way to avoid HIV and AIDS. RAGUPATHY KANNAN Fort Smith, Arkansas...
...anal sex was the principal means by which HIV spread through the homosexual community in the 1970s and '80s. More recently, however, as more and more gay men adopted "safer" sex techniques, reports began surfacing of people who had become infected with HIV even though they had engaged in oral sex only. Erring on the side of caution, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta added unprotected oral sex to the list of unsafe sex practices several years ago. "From our standpoint, the study reinforces the evidence we've collected over the years," says Dr. Helene Gayle...