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After the birth of my second child, I was given an injection of Depo-Provera [Jan. 24]. I immediately began to bleed and to experience depression and insomnia. The side effects did not abate for a year. More research is needed before this drug is used as a contraceptive in this or any other country...
...Upjohn Research Manager Gordon Duncan believes that the side effects of Depo-Provera are not serious enough to "preclude its use as a contraceptive." Would he feel the same way if it were a male contraceptive that caused weight gain and a loss of sex drive, as well as the male equivalent of "complete cessation of menstrual bleeding...
...mother took the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol during her pregnancy. As a DES daughter, I hope that FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes will not approve the use of Depo-Provera until long-term studies of its safety have" been made. We should not give rise, as we did with DES, to another generation of "clinical studies," but should prudently await definitive studies on Depo-Provera's safety...
Opponents of Depo-Provera are unconvinced. Questions raised about the animal studies are "highly conjectural," says Dr. Robert Temple, acting director of the FDA's Office of New Drug Evaluation. "The FDA does not approve animal carcinogens for prolonged use in young, healthy people." Temple also points out that it may take 20 years for cancer to show up in women taking the drug. He is joined in his concerns by a number of other government scientists and by such organizations as Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader's Health Research Group and the National Women's Health Network...
After the panel of inquiry makes its recommendations, FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes will face a difficult choice: deciding whether the known benefits of Depo-Provera are worth risking its possible unknown dangers...