This is sad. I had always assumed J&J was a family-friendly company.
Muslihoon | Homepage | 11.14.06 - 1:01 pm | #

thank you for posting this. AS a women with lots of friends on the pill, I appreciate the evidence and facts being laid out there for education.
Kat | Homepage | 11.15.06 - 3:35 pm | #

From my experience, and that of my friends, in the doctor's office, blood clots are specifically mentioned as a possible side effect, especially if the young woman is a smoker. Smoking increases the risk of blood clots so much that some health care providers will strongly recommend that the smoker use a non-hormonal form of birth control.
Although I do not think that birth control is good for women either medically or spirtually, I do think we have to be fair. Most medications have side effects, often severe ones. This is true of everything from cholestorel medicine, to aspirin and tylenol. If doctors and nurses inform their patients of the risks, and the patient (or their guardian) decides that the risk is worth it, why is it the doctor's fault? Why are they bringing up law suits? Are their doctors withholding information about side effects? That is extremely serious malpractice (worthy of planned parenthood, but I don't think that is typical in your average hospital). I had health care providers try to push the pill on me for years, and even in sex ed classes, everyone was open about the side effects of the pill.
If doctor's really are withholding information, then that's a whole other can of worms, and they should lose their licences.
Anonymous | 11.15.06 - 5:14 pm | #