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Human Reproduction Update, Vol.5, No.6 pp.627-632, 1999
© European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 1999; all rights reserved

Social consequences. The 'pill scare': the responses of authorities, doctors and patients using oral contraception

A Szarewski0,z and D Mansour1

0 Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, PO Box No. 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, and 3 Margaret Pyke Centre London, UK 1 Newcastle City NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK z Corresponding author

Abstract

In October 1995, the regulatory authority in the UK issued a warning about an increased risk of venous thromboembolism in women taking third-generation combined oral contraceptives. This was done before publication of the scientific papers involved, and resulted in a huge media 'pill scare'. the manner in which the information was released has been criticised, as many doctors did not receive their 'Dear Doctor' letter from the regulatory authority until after media reporting. The result of the scare has been a loss of confidence in the oral contraceptive pill in general, and a rise in abortion rates.

Key words: oral contraception/patient confidence/'pill scare'/regulatory authority/third-generation COC


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