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• Wednesday, April 26, 2006 06:51 PM

  Charlie, Charlie

  I'm not sure I understand your interest in having the pill made OTC. Why would think this is more important? The whole point of Plan B is to get it in an emergency. That is why supporters consider it important. And as others have stated previously, the regular pill is not the same and shouldn't be given without doctor supervision.

  Don't get me wrong, I love the pill and have been on it successfully for 20 years now but its serious medication. As for cost, at Planned Parenthood it runs around $15. I currently pay $10 under my health plan for the Ortho Novum generic. Contrast that with a much more expensive Plan B and the conservative's argument of "abuse" goes out the window pretty fast. Besides, you seem to think that there's one pill out there that will work for the majority of women and thats just not the case. OTC for the regular pill is not based in reality. Anyone faced with an insurance carrier who won't pay for BC should go to PP for their prescription. I used to be able to get up to six months of packs from them so if location is an issue, that can be resolved as well.

  And why are we only concerned about teenagers? Does everyone think anyone over the age of 21 is married? I'm assuming the majority of the market for this drug will be adult women and not teens running off to pay $40 a hit for it.

  As for side effects, all the posters here are saying they tried "a type" of EC. As Kate has described, Plan B is a totally different animal so lets not scare women away from using it with horror stories of past drugs.

  —ClearBlueSea Read ClearBlueSea's other letters
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