U.K. approves controversial contraceptive
NZPA-AAP London The controversial contraceptive injection, Depo-Pro-vera, which prevents pregnancy for three months, will be licensed for long-term use in Britain, “The Times” has reported. However, it will carry warnings to doctors that it should. be used as a last resort rather than a firstchoice contraceptive. The decision by the Minister of Health, Mr Kenneth Clarke, is a reversal of his 1982 decision which rejected the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and
refused a long-term licence. A panel set up to hear an appeal by Depo-Provera’s manufacturers, Upjohn against Mr Clarke’s original decision concluded that the contraceptive “would be a useful method of contraception for women for whom other contraceptives are contra-indicated, cause sideeffects or are otherwise unsuitable.” But the panel also said the women who used it should “understand and accept the risks of side-effects and uncertain delay to fertility.”
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