coming. Thank you very much.
Appreciated. Okay. We are going
toss things over to Haley
Hernandez with this morning.
We’re talking about women.
>> are able to be one step
closer to walking into a
pharmacy to buy birth control
without a perscription. I know
I Haley, this is a fluid
situation. This is something
that you’re following very
closely. Some advisors are
saying there are concerns about
how this potentially could be
consumed.
>> Well, I mean, I guess the
advisors did in a way say that
to the advisers to the Food and
Drug Administration is who
we’re talking about. But they
did vote unanimously in support
of this drug. It’s called
O-pill. That’s the birth
control that you’ll be able
to get without a prescription
and they think that people
should be able to use o-pill
safely and effectively without
their head without help from
their doctor. So joining me
today is Doctor Thomas Rios
from Rio’s healthcare
associates. So Doctor Rios
jumping off from there, windy
advisers within circles about
whether or not people could
safely take this without a
doctor. What do you have to say
to people? What should doctors
or what should patients know
about how to safely take birth
control?
>> Well, they so. I think that,
you know, the you have to look
at the confrontations for the
use of any time work and are
sensitive in this case. They’re
talking about the protest run
only and they’re just throw
75 micrograms of. They’re
saying they but you can use and
you know, and that’s, you know,
you have this look at for
instance, you know, the suspect
breast cancer.
liver dysfunction or or cancer
of the liver things like that.
And they have to be, you know,
Carol, was. So I
think that the benefits, I
think this
all was outweigh the risk of
being able to make it available
over the counter. I was saying.
And we 7 com station with your
clinician about the safety and
use of as with any other
medication might buy over the
counter to make sure you’re
doing the right thing.
>> You know, I think one risk
that a lot of women are very
familiar with his blood clots.
What should people know about the risk of blood clots with
the risk of blood clots with
the when using birth control?
>> So in so the rest of advice,
is this something that, you
know, she should be taken very
in general of Mi Vida is the
patients should and heightened
less think about cutting basket
respective And the other thing
that we just protesting all
week
on deceptive it’s and haven’t
bought. But the estrogen
component contraceptives, that
is what increases the risk for
blood clotting. So you have a
relatively lower risk of the
project from home with that
said, you know, if you’ve got
the attention, if you thought
diabetes, if you have a history
of cardiovascular risks or if
you’re a smoker, those might
be wrote something occasions
just
oral contraception.
>> And in kind of along those
women with a higher BMI or
higher weight. Is it true that
birth control also loses at the
Kiss me efficacy among those
women.
>> So not not that there’s
there’s been studies have shown
that the farm kinetics of in
not always borrowing but
different. However, in clinical
studies that have looked at the
overall, as you can see they
have not demonstrated.
A significant difference in the
current recommendations are
basically
the same. As not obese women
in the same dosing strategy.
Everything.
>> you know, the FDA does
follow whatever the panelists
adviser, whatever the advisors
it doesn’t have to. But
typically that’s just the
historical pattern that they
take. So if they do follow this
recommendation, when could we
expect to see over-the-counter
birth control on the shelves?
>> What I’ve what I’ve read is
that this is expected sometime
during the summer. I don’t
think there’s any reason to
believe that they would go
against the recommendation.
So if I the manufacturer
probably ready to put on shows
and the improvement.
>> That’s Doctor Rios, is there
anything else that you want
people to know about birth
control you know, if you as a
physician, are not going to be
having that conversation with
your patient, would you then
recommend that they have
conversations with their
pharmacist before taking
something
like this?
>> Absolutely. Yeah. I mean,
you know, course, to move the
vetting of medications to make
sure that the mask and drinking
during the safe using is this
quite extensive. And so I think
that talking to the pharmacist
about what certain precautions
they should take. Is very
beneficial. But, you know, is
in person if they have any
additional concerns or doubts
about to seek out counsel with
their physician. But overall, I
think it’s a tremendous step
forward for women’s soccer.
>> Good to hear. Thank you,
Doctor Thomas Rios from Rio’s
health care. We appreciate you