BERIGAN Posted November 17, 2003 Report Posted November 17, 2003 (edited) FDA OKs 1st Chewable Contraceptive Sat Nov 15,11:46 PM ET Add Health - HealthDay to My Yahoo! SATURDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- A chewable birth control pill that tastes like spearmint? That's exactly what Ovcon 35 is -- an oral contraceptive tablet that can be chewed and swallowed. This new version of Ovcon 35, which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) approval on Friday, provides one more alternative to the many types of oral contraceptives currently on the market, the agency says. Ovcon 35 contains a progestin and an estrogen found in contraceptives that are already marketed. The pill can be swallowed whole or chewed and swallowed. If the pill is chewed and then swallowed, the woman should drink a full glass -- 8 ounces -- of liquid immediately afterward so the full dose reaches the stomach and no residue is left in the mouth, according to the product's directions. The FDA says Ovcon 35 is available only in a 28-day regimen. Each package contains 21 round, white, active tablets, to be followed by seven reminder, green inactive tablets to complete a four-week cycle. The product is manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb Company of Princeton, N.J., and will be marketed by Warner Chilcott, Inc., of Rockaway, N.J., the FDA says. More information To learn more about Ovcon 35, visit this FDA site. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=751&e=7&u=/hsn/20031116/hl_hsn/fdaoks1stchewablecontraceptive Edited November 17, 2003 by BERIGAN Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 17, 2003 Report Posted November 17, 2003 Aren't they called Aftabs? Quote
rachel Posted November 17, 2003 Report Posted November 17, 2003 Regular BCP's are not like horsepills--I don't get the benefit of chewables.... (she says while trying to keep a straight face and obviously avoiding the great punch lines associated with the number of times the word "swallow" is mentioned...) Quote
jacman Posted November 17, 2003 Report Posted November 17, 2003 i thought this was gonna be some weird edible condom thread. i believe we've had a few of those lately Quote
BERIGAN Posted November 17, 2003 Author Report Posted November 17, 2003 Regular BCP's are not like horsepills--I don't get the benefit of chewables.... (she says while trying to keep a straight face and obviously avoiding the great punch lines associated with the number of times the word "swallow" is mentioned...) Flintstones contraceptive chewables will help the kids get in the habit.... Quote
maren Posted November 18, 2003 Report Posted November 18, 2003 Regular BCP's are not like horsepills--I don't get the benefit of chewables.... (she says while trying to keep a straight face and obviously avoiding the great punch lines associated with the number of times the word "swallow" is mentioned...) Flintstones contraceptive chewables will help the kids get in the habit.... It is MINT-flavored, right? It's BREATH control! No, it's BIRTH control! It's 2, 2, 2 mints in one! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Anyone here tried to get a diaphragm down? Damn near impossible. I gagged the first couple of times. Quote
rachel Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Anyone here tried to get a diaphragm down? Damn near impossible. I gagged the first couple of times. It *does* takes practice... Quote
JSngry Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 --I don't get the benefit of chewables.... To prevent pregnacy from oral sex, silly. What do they teasch the kids in school these days, anyway? Quote
rachel Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 --I don't get the benefit of chewables.... To prevent pregnacy from oral sex, silly. What do they teasch the kids in school these days, anyway? Hmmm.... do the words "chew" and "oral sex" belong in the same sentence? I think not.... Quote
JSngry Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Hmmm.... do the words "chew" and "oral sex" belong in the same sentence? I think not.... You'd be surprised. Some poor souls (of both genders, I'm told) take the vernacular literally. I can't speak for the distaff contingent, but as someone who's been on the receiving end of such a misinformed act, I can assure you that it's QUITE a surprise when that happens! Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 I use (well, eat actually) a big bratwurst w/ lots of kraut and hot mustard, just before bed. Wife won't come near me for about 12 hrs after one of those babies.... Quote
Dan Gould Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 (edited) Edited for general tastelessness, and when I finished, there wasn't nothin' left. Edited November 20, 2003 by Dan Gould Quote
BERIGAN Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Posted November 19, 2003 Regular BCP's are not like horsepills--I don't get the benefit of chewables.... (she says while trying to keep a straight face and obviously avoiding the great punch lines associated with the number of times the word "swallow" is mentioned...) Flintstones contraceptive chewables will help the kids get in the habit.... It is MINT-flavored, right? It's BREATH control! No, it's BIRTH control! It's 2, 2, 2 mints in one! Quote
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