BREAKING FDA advisers vote in favor of over-the-counter birth control pill
Two FDA advisory panels agreed that people would use the Opill safely and effectively and said groups -- including adolescents and those with limited literacy -- would be able to take the pill at the same time every day without help from a health care worker.
If approved, this would be the first birth-control pill available over the counter in the United States. "The safety profile is so good that you know, we would need to take every other medicine off the market like Benadryl, ibuprofen, Tylenol, which causes deaths, and people can get any amount of that without any oversight, and this is extremely safe, much safer than all three of those medications and incorrect use still doesn't appear to have problematic issues," she said.The FDA has faced pressure to allow Opill to go over-the-counter from lawmakers as well as health care providers.
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