OTC ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE BENEFIT TO "SUBGROUPS" OUTWEIGHED BY RISK TO ADOLESCENTS
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
OTC ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE BENEFIT TO "SUBGROUPS" OUTWEIGHED BY RISK TO ADOLESCENTS, Tufts University School of Medicine Assistant Professor Ann Davis, MD, maintained during a May 24 conference on Rx-to-OTC switches sponsored by Tufts in Boston. Davis maintained that while moving oral contraceptives over-the-counter "would benefit some subgroups of women, particularly the mature reproductive woman who can understand package directions," ultimately it "would be detrimental to adolescents."