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Tell the FDA you only want the safest birth control options on the market.

November 21, 2009

Subject:
Public Comment on Petition to Ban Third Generation Birth Control Pills, Docket #2007P-0044

Dear FDA Commissioner Dr. von Eschenbach,

Each year, millions of women fill prescriptions for birth control pills that are twice as likely as other oral contraceptives to cause life-threatening blood clots. These pills -- third generation oral contraceptives -- have not been proven to be safer or more effective than second generation birth control pills. On the contrary, study after study has shown these drugs to pose twice the risk of venous thrombosis. The following drugs fall into this category: Desogestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol, Apri-28, Cyclessa, Desogen, Kariva, Mircette, Ortho-Cept, Reclipsen and Velivet. These drugs put women at an unacceptable increased risk of adverse events without providing a marked therapeutic advantage over other drugs approved for the same indication. I am an individual consumer who supports Public Citizen's petition to ban third generation oral contraceptives. Dr. von Eschenbach, I urge you to remove these drugs from the market. Thank you,
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