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  • Title: Oral contraception scare has reduced confidence in medical services.
    Author: Notter J.
    Journal: Br J Nurs; ; 4(20):1174, 1176. PubMed ID: 8696083.
    Abstract:
    The Committee on Safety in Medicines issued warnings against using oral contraceptives containing desogestrel and gestodene. These warnings were based upon findings from three unpublished studies pointing to the existence of an increased risk of thrombolytic disease in 30/100,000 pill users. The warning was published in the mass media before general practitioners and family planning staff were made aware. In so doing, users of oral contraceptive pills have become concerned, confused, distressed, and anxious. This warning has injured confidence in medical services. It would have been better for general practitioners and family planning staff to have been made privy to the data before it went public. The author notes that the risk of thrombosis in pregnancy is twice as high as the reported risk of using oral contraceptives containing desogestrel and gestodene, and that even non-pill users have a 5/100,000 risk of thrombosis. Other evidence points to the many health benefits of oral contraceptive use.
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