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| FDA OKs contraceptive for acne control |
| 2007-01-29 |
| Two birds with with one stone. Look better, get laid more, don't get pregnant. This is brillance! BERLIN - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use of Bayer Schering Pharma AG's drug YAZ to allow it to be used to treat moderate acne in women who also want to use an oral contraceptive for birth control, the company said Monday. It's an acne treatment! It's an oral contraceptive! It's a...why did they name it after Carl Yastrzemski? With the approval, YAZ becomes the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA for three distinct uses, Bayer said in a statement. In addition to being approved for birth control use and now for acne control, it is also approved to treat the emotional and physical symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. THREE birds with one stone. Will it make my wife let me watch the football games on Sunday? "YAZ is the fastest growing oral contraceptive brand in the U.S.," said Phil Smits, head of Bayer Schering Pharma's women's healthcare unit. "We are convinced that through its unique features, YAZ will further strengthen our worldwide leading market position in the field of female contraception." Tell 'em to spray Waziristan with it. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 How far has America gone from BEVERLY HILLBILLIES > [GRANNY]"Jedd, get your shotgun, he's seen Ellie Mae in her unmentionables - they've got to get married"; to JUDGE > "Is there any reason for these two to get married" - YEP, THE BOY'S GOT ACNE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-29 21:24 |
| #5 Okay, I'll bite, is the USFDA trying hard to politely = NOT to say that acne is caused by form(s) of STDS??? In Wuhmin??? Dare Paternity Testing-Litigation go to an all-new level of "Proof of Sex" standard? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-29 21:18 |
| #4 The best non-toxic means to cure acne I learned was to drink a hand full of fresh Neem tree sap. Taping the Neem tree like Maple tree provides liters of the bitter sap. In my young age in India I drank only two times during one week and no more. All my acne vanished without leaving any mark. The strange things were that mosquitoes stop biting me and the skin cut-wounds healed quickly. People have known for eons that Neem tree leaves and twigs (used as tooth brush) have some antibacterial properties, Most of the people do not know that the tree sap has magical performance when taken by mouth. |
| Posted by: Annon 2007-01-29 19:47 |
| #3 Modify that, Nimble Spemble. While getting parental approval because it was for acne. Ditto for PMS -- that will be an even bigger winner, although it's happening off-label already. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-29 17:33 |
| #2 This is actually a clever way to prescribe a birth control pill for teens while avoiding parental notification laws because it was for acne. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-01-29 16:46 |
| #1 Tell 'em to spray Waziristan with it. Word. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-29 16:40 |