U.S. regulators will vote this week on whether the contraceptive Opill should be made widely available without a prescription.
U.S. health regulators are considering whether a decades-old birth control pill should be made just as available as drugs like Tylenol and Ibuprofen.
The agency also brought up Opill's labeling, saying younger teenagers may have difficulties understanding and correctly following its directions."The study findings suggest that consumers do not adequately understand some of the necessary actions they need to take if they miss a tablet in order to avoid unintended pregnancy," reviewers wrote.
"The results of this study appear to indicate that most females with current or previous breast cancer would appropriately deselect from taking norgestrel tablets," the agency said."However, the results also show that there are some females with current or previous breast cancer who would — in the absence of a healthcare intermediary — incorrectly consider it"appropriate to use" for themselves.
While the most common use of oral contraceptives, like Opill, is to prevent pregnancy, many women also use them to manage other medical conditions — such as irregular menstruation, menstrual pain, and acne.
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