FDA Delays Approving 365-Day-A-Year Pill
A new birth control pill without the sugar pills that allow menstruation to occur may be available soon. This would mean no more periods for the women taking the new pill (called Lybrel). Sugar pills or placebos were originally included in birth control pills so that the women on them would continue to menstruate regularly, something that would be viewed as more “natural” by women.
So the reason for including the placebos was actually to keep women from freaking out. It turns out that there is nothing wrong with a woman not getting her period. Before contraceptives were available, women naturally didn’t have as many periods as women do today because they were pregnant much more often.
Some women today have found that they actually enjoy the freedom that comes from having no periods, so new versions of the pill are coming out that meet these women’s preferences.
There is already a birth control pill that only has dummy pills four times a year, allowing for quarterly periods. The new year-round pill is awaiting approval.
Post edited July 2, 2006 at 12:56 am.
So the reason for including the placebos was actually to keep women from freaking out. It turns out that there is nothing wrong with a woman not getting her period. Before contraceptives were available, women naturally didn’t have as many periods as women do today because they were pregnant much more often.
Some women today have found that they actually enjoy the freedom that comes from having no periods, so new versions of the pill are coming out that meet these women’s preferences.
There is already a birth control pill that only has dummy pills four times a year, allowing for quarterly periods. The new year-round pill is awaiting approval.
Post edited July 2, 2006 at 12:56 am.
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