FDA: Morning-after pill to move over the counter

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it - an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive.

Today, Plan B One-Step is sold behind pharmacy counters, and buyers must prove they're 17 or older to buy it without a prescription. Tuesday's decision by the Food and Drug Administration lowers the age limit and will allow the pill to sit on drugstore shelves next to spermicides or other women's health products and condoms - but anyone who wants to buy it must prove their age at the cash register.

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15 and older? Lol. Because a 13 year old who is sexually active surely won't have older friends who will buy this for them.

How many 15 year olds are going to have ID anyways? Unless you live a state like mine, where you can get a learners permit at 14 and be driving by themselves at 15(terrible idea for a lot of kids btw).
 
I remember everyone on my tumblr making a huge fucking deal out of this and I was like "So fucking what? The courts rule on the marketing of a pharmecutical product. OMFG that's NEVER happened before!!!11!! Pharma companies NEVER sue each other over who can market what. They NEVER sue to have an RX drug approved for OTC!!!11! They NEVER sue to have the DEA scheduling of a control changed to a lower category!!11!! etc."

Seriously: Why is this fucking news outside of the world of Pharmaceutical business and perhaps medical journals/medical interest websites.

I understand it on BL (pharma/medical/drug specific forum) I don't understand it in the mainstream media or on tumblr from people who have no other interest in the field.
 
23536 said:
^I've heard they're a libertarian paradise.
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When it comes to guns and what not, hell to the yeah. You can carry a .357 on your hip without a permit as long as you open carry.

When it comes to drugs, we have some pretty harsh laws. Not as bad as some states I'll admit, but still, I would rather not go to jail for a little Mary Jane.

Got off topic a bit lol. The bottom line is what HCM said.
 
rangrz said:
I remember everyone on my tumblr making a huge fucking deal out of this and I was like "So fucking what? The courts rule on the marketing of a pharmecutical product. OMFG that's NEVER happened before!!!11!! Pharma companies NEVER sue each other over who can market what. They NEVER sue to have an RX drug approved for OTC!!!11! They NEVER sue to have the DEA scheduling of a control changed to a lower category!!11!! etc."

Seriously: Why is this fucking news outside of the world of Pharmaceutical business and perhaps medical journals/medical interest websites.

I understand it on BL (pharma/medical/drug specific forum) I don't understand it in the mainstream media or on tumblr from people who have no other interest in the field.
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Having RU486 sold next to the ketchup in the US is a pretty big deal. A lot of people in this country consider a zygote a person.
 
U.S. Will Appeal Order on Morning-After Pill

The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge’s order to make the most common morning-after contraceptive available without a prescription for girls and women of all ages.

The announcement came a day after the Food and Drug Administration said that one well-known morning-after pill, Plan B One-Step, would be made available without a prescription for girls as young as 15 — instead of only to girls ages 17 and over, as has been the case.

The Justice Department’s action will not affect that F.D.A. decision. Rather, the department is seeking to overturn a much broader order by the judge that removed restrictions for all ages and for generic versions of the pill, not just Plan B One-Step. The order, issued on April 5 by Judge Edward R. Korman of United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, gave the F.D.A. 30 days to comply.

On Wednesday, the Justice Department also asked Judge Korman to stay his order pending the results of the appeal.

In his ruling, Judge Korman said the Obama administration had put politics before science in restricting access to the drug. The Justice Department’s decision to appeal was most likely based not only on the substance of that ruling, but also on the precedent it would set in countermanding an order by a White House cabinet member, Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services.

In 2011, Ms. Sebelius decided that the pill should be available without a prescription only to girls and women 17 and older, despite the Food and Drug Administration’s finding that it was safe and effective and should be available without any age restrictions. Ms. Sebelius said the pill had not been studied for safety in girls as young as 11. It was the first time a cabinet secretary had publicly overruled the F.D.A.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/health/us-will-appeal-order-on-morning-after-pill.html
 
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