- Sales Soaring for Morning After Pill

Sales Soar for Morning-After "Plan B" Pill

Source: Washington Post

NEW YORK -- In the time since it was approved for over-the-counter sales, the morning-after pill has become a huge commercial success for its manufacturer, but its popularity and solid safety record haven't deterred critics from seeking to overturn the milestone ruling.

The pill, marketed by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. as Plan B, was the focus of bitter debate for three years. After repeated delays, the Food and Drug Administration declared on Aug. 24, 2006 that customers 18 and older should be able to buy it in pharmacies without a prescription.

Barr began distributing the over-the-counter version last November, and all national pharmacy chains now stock it. The company projects that sales of Plan B will total about $80 million for 2007, almost double the total for 2006 and up eightfold from 2004, when Barr acquired the product as a prescription-only drug.

"Overall, we've been very pleased with the acceptance," said Barr spokeswoman Carol Cox. "The product may not be for everyone but if you find yourself in a position to need it, absolutely it should be available."

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Generation FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT - Um...

|2009-01-04 02:28:17

Well, I'm a pro-choice person, but I don't really think the pill is the way to go. I believe condoms and other protection should be used during intercourse for say...preventing STDS (what a novel idea)! The pill is something that says: "Hey, guess what? I had sex without protection last night and now I'm making up for it!" I don't think it really works. :P

sonia - REALLY?

|2008-12-16 21:45:57

I can't believe that in this day and age people are still horrified by the this subject! Do what you want and let others do their thing. We have the right to exercise the law if it is available.

Laurie

|2008-11-21 15:05:07

I don't think it is the same as having an abortion. If you make the argument that it "does prevent a pregnancy from occurring," are you also opposed to the use of condoms and hormonal birth control pills? These also prevent pregnancy from occurring.

sarah

|2008-11-20 23:20:56

i think the morning after pill is just as bad as having an abortion. The morning after pill doesnt actually kill a human being but it does prevent a pregnancy from occuring which is a pretty similar idea as preventing a baby from actually being born. they both are bad. women want right to choose. babies should have the right to choose their lives too. Women should NOT have the right to murder their innocent babies. Arent you glad your mother chose not to abort you?

James Mills

|2008-11-22 15:30:24

You admit yourself that the morning after pill "doesn't actually kill a human being" but then go on to use the phrase "murder their innocent babies". If the morning after pill does not "actually kill a human being" then it cannot be murder. You are right of course that women should not have the right to murder their own or anyone else's babies. The question that needs to be answered is, "Is an embryo a baby?" An embryo the morning after conception does not possess a mind or anything close to resembling a human being. At this point it is only a few cells so I think the obvious conclusion is that no, an embryo is not a baby.

chrissy

|2008-11-19 13:59:01

i don't agree with the pill same as abortion, for myself but i don't disagree with any woman exersizing her right to use these methods. I feel a woman can do what she wants with her body and in some cases its what should happen

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