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Monday, September 19, 2011

Girls Only! Scare of the Week: Birth Control Recall

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Arguably the worst medication to have unknowingly fail on millions of Americans is, oh Gawd, poised to fail on millions of Americans.

Alabama-based pharmaceutical company Qualitest is issuing a recall of 1.4 million packs of birth control pills. If you take these types of birth control pills, you may already be pregnant: Cyclafem 7/7/7, Cyclafem 1/35, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, Orsythia, Previfem, and Tri-Previfem.

The pills were packed incorrectly so that the pills go out of order during the course of the month. It's not clear whether that means women are taking the placebo pills during some days or whether they're taking the wrong dose of hormone, but either mix-up could leave a lady unfortunately fertile. If you've been using the faulty pills, switch to condoms or other non-hormonal birth control and get more info at the company's site.

Meanwhile, the countdown to massive accidental pregnancy lawsuit nine months from now begins immediately.

 

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Scientifically speaking, the pullout method is nearly as good as a condom in dodging the baby-making bullet and would make for a way better video tutorial.

SFW source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/2…
Posted by Night Moves on September 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM · Report
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I'd say that "the worst medication to have unknowingly fail on millions of American is" anti-psychotic medication. Just saying. Not that there are millions of Americans on anti-psychotics (wink/nudge).
Posted by * on September 19, 2011 at 7:03 PM · Report
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"Arguably the worst medication to have unknowingly fail(sic) on millions of American(sic)..."

This is total bullshit. What evidence is this claim based off of?

Posted by DamosA on September 20, 2011 at 5:06 AM · Report
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Hello. I'm trying to spread the word about the Qualitest Pharmaceuticals recall of 1.2 million packs of birth control. Many woman have gotten pregnant. There is a class action suite for the recall. If you or a loved one has been affected by this you may be eligible for compensation. Please spread the word. Go to the Qualitest recall lawyers website at
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Recall Lawyers
Posted by jane houghton on October 3, 2011 at 9:44 AM · Report
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http://www.birthcontrolpillrecall.com/
Posted by jane houghton on October 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM · Report

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