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Contraceptive will get OK
WASHINGTON (API A
new contraceptive is expected
to lie available in the United
States beginning in February,
giving women their first major
new option in decades, the
manufacturer says
Norplant < onsists of six
match stii k-size silicone rubber
capsules that are implanted in a
minor surgical prm edure under
the skin of a woman's upper
arm For five years, the tap
sides release a hormone to pre
vent pregnancy, but they can
!>*■ removed and fertility re
stored at any time.
The Food and Drug Adminis
tration is expected to approve
the contraceptive within days
"It offers them a new choice
which is long lasting and con
venient. uses the lowest dose of
hormone that's used in any
(hormone based method) and it
doesn't contain estrogen." said
C Wayne Bardin, vice presi
dent and direr lor of medical re
sea rch for the New York-based
Population Council
The council began research
ing the method in 1‘Miti Wyeth
Ayerst laboratories of Philadel
phia will market the contracep
tive.
Norplant has been approved
m lfi countries Half a million
people in those countries have
used Norplant, au ording to the
count il's data
"It's the most effective, re
versible method of contracep
tion." with a failure rate of less
than I percent, said l)r Samuel
A Pasquaie. a principal inves
tigator in the Norplant studies
and an assot iate dean .it Kobert
Wood lohnson Medical School
in New Hrunswick, N.)
"Norplant is one of the most
significant advances in contra
ception we’ve had in the last id
years." since the birth control
pill and intrauterine device !>e
came available, Pasquale said.
The major side effect is men
strual irregularities, including
spotting between periods and
prolonged periods. This causes
about 1!> percent of women
with the implant to have it re
moved. Hardin said
Wveth-Ayerst officials were
relui tan! to talk about Norplant
on Thursday without FDA ap
proval of their product yet
Company spokeswoman Au
drey Ashby said that assuming
approval comes shortly, the
company expects Norplant to
be available commercially in
February Wyeth-Ayerst plans
to train physicians how to im
plant the capsules, but “there
will be some lag time." she
said "Obviously not every
physician will lx* trained to do
it" by the time it is available.
Ashby said the price of
Norplant was being evaluated
but she said it "will be priced
significantly below oral contra
ceptives over five years." Hirtb
control pills cost around $15 to
$20 per month.
Bardin said he had been told
the price would be about $200
to $300 for Norplant, which
does not include the price of
having the implant.
The price worries Lisa
kaeser. a policy analyst for the
Alan C'.uttmacher Institute, a re
search and education group
that dirals with reproductive
health issues.
"I'm not sure it's going to be
available for low-income wom
en." she said. That will depend
largely on Wyeth-Ayerst's price
of the contraceptive to family
planning clinics.
Fake newspaper proclaims war
BINGHAMTON. N Y (Al»)
A fake edition of the student
newspaper carried a headline
proclaiming "US. Invades
Iraqand caused some panic
on campus.
Students and staff at the State
University of New York at
Binghamton hugged ea« h other
and ( ried A dining hull worker
whose son is stationed in Saudi
Arabia ran screaming from the
building The school's radio
station liegan broadcasting that
the United States had gone to
war.
One of the headlines an
nounced, "SUNY Binghamton
Students Drafted.”
Hut both Page One stories
Wednesday had disclaimers in
their last paragraphs on inside
pages: "The events described
above have not happened. Vet.
Hut they may."
Editors of the real paper.
Pipe Dream, said a student
group had published the phony
issue to make an anti-war state
ment
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