Comments on: Op-Ed: Mabel Wadsworth clinic fails to provide adequate info to women

By: laura

laura — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:41:01 +0000

If you check the FDA web site then you would see that they approve plan b for up to 5 days… maybe you should read into these types of things before posting a response. And I totally agree with Ryan, it is dangerous to post misleading medical information. It comes down to one thing, its an individuals choice. You have a better risk of getting an ectopic pregnancy using some forms of birth control than you do using EC.

By: Ryan Page

Ryan Page — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:12:09 +0000

Do you have any sources for your claims?

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:16:53 +0000

Ryan, did you fact check this before you posted your comment? Compare the manufacturer’s warnings to the Wadsworth center as the author did.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:15:21 +0000

When you assume that a man’s concern for the health of many women is a religious reason, you risk being misinformed because you don’t check the facts. Compare the manufacturer to the Wadsworth center and look up what an ectopic pregnancy is. Maybe then you will understand.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:12:55 +0000

Ulcers and kidney impairment happen in people who shouldn’t take ibuprofen because of other meds and health, and in people who take it too often. The other side effects are minor compared to an ectopic pregnancy. Do you not understand what an ectopic pregnancy is? Don’t “oh please!” an ectopic pregnancy; they are a life threatening health complication. Also, why would consulting a company that sells the product in question ever be a good idea? Of course they’re going to tell you it’s OK even if it isn’t; they get your money. The main issue here is that the manufacturer of the drug states it’s safe to take before three days, while Wadsworth states it’s five days. Taking it passed the time it’s ‘safe’ to take it increases the risk of ectopic pregnancies.

By: Ryan Page

Ryan Page — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:51:56 +0000

No offense to the fine people that work at the paper, but nobody fact checked this?

Printing misleading medical information is downright dangerous, and by most standards immoral.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:40:04 +0000

I would challenge you (and the article author) to ask yourself whether you’ve been honest with yourself. Have you actually made a valid and honest attempt to look at this issue, or have you just decided to pick a fight because of a pre-disposed view?

If you’ve researched how emergency contraception works, it is clearly not abortion: it doesn’t work if you’re already pregnant! No need to even get into an argument about abortion here…
Do you really want to help women, or do you want to control what goes on in this world so that it is sterile of cultures and opinions that aren’t yours? Wanting to ensure people are safe and healthy and all that is very honorable, but is that REALLY what this is about??
(Oh and non-profit means the clinic can’t make profit. So $$$ motivations…?)

By: Bo Meister

Bo Meister — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:26:44 +0000

Plan B is flat out an abortifacient 75-89% according to various studies conducted by the manufacturer and the FDA. As a pharmacist with a doctorate and 31+ yrs experience, I can confidently tell you just look at the insert and it is plain as day. Plan B isn’t the French abortion pill mifepristone (erroneously called RU 486 the clinic and its fellow death mills) but it certainly has the same net effect: a dead preborn baby. Let’s not also forget the money angle: the clinic and Planned Parenthood types get these for pennies on the dollar at a “non profit” rate, something the local pharmacy cannot do due to law. So they’re inflating a very cheap drug, helping kill your baby and subjecting women to a high dose steroid, which can cause numerous side effects such as stroke, heart attack and cancer….nice!

By: stargazer1019

stargazer1019 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:15:41 +0000

And check your facts – Plan B does not cause an ectopic pregnancy, the site is warning you that sever cramping is not normal so to go to your doctor to make sure you do not have an ectopic pregnancy. The ectopics that occur would have occured regardless because plan B prevents pregnancy from taking in your uteris, not in your tubes. Therefore those women would have had an ectopic pregnancy regardless, but they want to make sure that women don’t think that severe cramping is because of plan B and ignore it. If you are going to go on a pointless rant, with scare tactics, at least check your facts. Or perhaps the point was not to be factual, but just scare women into staying away from doing what you probably find wrong for religious reasons.

By: Dio Genes

Dio Genes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:42:24 +0000

Oh please! Here’s the list of side effects for Ibuprofen, a.k.a. Advil, Motrin. How have any of us survived the rememdy for a headache or sore muscles? If you want reproductive medical advice, ask someone at the Wadsworth Center, not an alarmist EE junior.

“rash, ringing in the ears, headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and heartburn. NSAIDs reduce the ability of blood to clot and therefore increase bleeding after an injury. Ibuprofen may cause ulceration of the stomach or intestine, and the ulcers may bleed. Sometimes, ulceration can occur without abdominal pain, and black, tarry stools, weakness, and dizziness upon standing (orthostatic hypotension) due to bleeding may be the only signs of an ulcer. NSAIDs reduce the flow of blood to the kidneys and impair function of the kidneys. The impairment is most likely to occur in patients who already have impaired function of the kidney or congestive heart failure, and use of NSAIDs in these patients should be cautious. People who are allergic to other NSAIDs, including aspirin, should not use ibuprofen. Individuals with asthma are more likely to experience allergic reactions to ibuprofen and other NSAIDs. Fluid retention (edema), blood clots, heart attacks, hypertension and heart failure have also been associated”