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"Roman Bystrianyk" |
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30 Dec 2005 09:15:49 PM |
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Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported |
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
Late last month, federal officials confirmed that five women who died
of toxic shock syndrome within a week of taking the drug to induce
abortions had the same rare bacterial infection. Four of the deaths
occurred in California and one in Canada. Three of these deaths were
not among those included in the FDA's 607 events.
The news set off a new round of calls by abortion opponents for the FDA
to remove the drug, also known as Mifeprex, from the market. Danco
Laboratories -- the maker of Mifeprex -- did not respond to a request
for comment in time for the publication of this story.
According to the new report, a total of eight deaths have been blamed
on RU-486, which was approved for use in the U.S. in September of 2000
for the termination of early pregnancies. Since that time, more than
460,000 doses of the drug have been distributed.
In addition to the five toxic shock deaths, a woman in Tennessee died
from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy after taking the abortion drug, a
Swedish teen died from a massive hemorrhage, and a woman in the U.K.
died for unclear reasons.
Deaths Under Investigation
The 607 adverse events were reported to the FDA between September 2000
and September 2004. Federal officials say the agency is investigating
the deaths and the other events.
A total of 237 cases of hemorrhage were reported, with one resulting in
death, 68 requiring transfusions, and 42 characterized as
life-threatening.
There were 66 cases of infection with seven cases of septic shock
reported during the review period, with two resulting in death. Septic
shock is a serious complication of infection in which the infection
enters the bloodstream and affects vital organ systems.
Seventeen of the adverse events involved ectopic pregnancies that were
not discovered until after the women had taken the abortion drug;
eleven involved ruptures and one resulted in death. Ectopic pregnancy
is a potentially life-threatening condition in which the fertilized egg
is implanted in an area outside the uterus.
The findings were reported online Wednesday, and will be published in
the February 2006 issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
Researcher Margaret M. Gary, MD, tells WebMD that she believes the
adverse reactions reported to the FDA make up only a fraction of the
true medical events that actually occur among women who take the drug
to induce abortions.
Gary and co-author Donna J. Harrison, MD, are with the American
Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a group that
has long called for the removal of RU-486 from the market.
"The FDA reports that only about 1% to 10% of adverse events for any
given drug are ever reported," she says. "And in this case women may be
even less likely to report problems because they may be ashamed."
Calls for More Research
Another problem, she says, is that even when women seek treatment their
medical problem may not be recognized as being related to use of the
drug. Early symptoms of drug-related bacterial infection often include
abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting. These symptoms are common
among women who take the abortion drug.
Gary and Harrison are calling for increased research into allergic and
fatal infection complications associated with the use of the abortion
drug, and they are urging the FDA to do a better job of recording
adverse events associated with its use.
"If our survey of (this drug's) adverse event reports is representative
of adverse event reporting for all drugs, the American public should be
greatly alarmed," they wrote. "The deficiencies were so egregious in
some instances as to preclude analysis."
Harvard Medical School obstetrics and gynecology professor Michael F.
Greene, MD, tells WebMD that underreporting of adverse events may be
less of a problem with RU-486 than with many other drugs because there
is so much scrutiny of its use.
He does agree, however, that questions remain about the safety of the
abortion drug. He says it is not clear if the drug is safer or less
safe than spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) or surgical abortion, or
whether the deaths and other reported adverse events were caused by the
drug.
Last July, the FDA announced that it would require Danco Laboratories
to include a warning about possible bacterial infection on the drug's
packaging.
Greene says the research done to date on RU-486 cannot adequately
"address the issue in a scientifically rigorous way."
"I don't have a dog in this fight," he says. "But I do believe very
strongly that women should have access to safe pregnancy termination
rather than being forced to undergo unsafe pregnancy termination. If
the safest way of terminating a pregnancy turns out to be surgical,
then so be it. But until we have more compelling data, no one should
leap to conclusions."
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| User: "Attila" |
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| Title: Re: Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported |
31 Dec 2005 04:56:37 PM |
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On 30 Dec 2005 19:15:49 -0800, "Roman Bystrianyk"
<rbystrianyk@gmail.com> in alt.abortion with message-id
<1135998949.196722.154660@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
According to the new report, a total of eight deaths have been blamed
on RU-486, which was approved for use in the U.S. in September of 2000
for the termination of early pregnancies. Since that time, more than
460,000 doses of the drug have been distributed.
Eight in 460,000? Aspirin kills more than that.
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| User: "Roman Bystrianyk" |
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01 Jan 2006 07:52:34 PM |
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Quite true. NSAIDs alone kill over 16,000 people each year - and that
figure is just in the United States from internal bleeding treating
arthritis.
Roman
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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| Title: Re: Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported (Childbirth adverse events ignored) |
30 Dec 2005 09:26:07 PM |
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Roman Bystrianyk <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
In the same time period about there were 1400 deaths from pregnancy
and childbirth and about 16,000,000 "adverse events".
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Reasoned Insanity" |
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| Title: Re: Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported (Childbirth adverse events ignored) |
31 Dec 2005 12:08:44 PM |
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"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:43b5fa4f$0$58042$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
Roman Bystrianyk <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
In the same time period about there were 1400 deaths from pregnancy
and childbirth and about 16,000,000 "adverse events".
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
Care to post a link to some documentation?
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| User: "BOB" |
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| Title: Re: Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported (Childbirth adverse events ignored) |
31 Dec 2005 01:11:17 PM |
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"Reasoned Insanity" <mintclovers@yahoo.com> wrote in news:zMztf.70486
$sg5.39655@dukeread12:
"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:43b5fa4f$0$58042$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
Roman Bystrianyk <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of
severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
In the same time period about there were 1400 deaths from pregnancy
and childbirth and about 16,000,000 "adverse events".
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
Care to post a link to some documentation?
Why should he? Would it influence your sick anti-choice views?
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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31 Dec 2005 01:18:54 PM |
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Reasoned Insanity <mintclovers@yahoo.com> wrote:
"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@sonic.net> wrote in message
Roman Bystrianyk <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
In the same time period about there were 1400 deaths from pregnancy
and childbirth and about 16,000,000 "adverse events".
Care to post a link to some documentation?
www.cdc.gov
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Mimi Cohen" |
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| Title: Re: Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported (Childbirth adverse eventsignored) |
30 Dec 2005 10:02:56 PM |
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Ray Fischer wrote:
Roman Bystrianyk <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Salynn Boyles, "Abortion Drug Adverse Events Reported", Web MD,
December 29, 2005,
Link: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/116/112325
The FDA received reports of 607 adverse events involving the abortion
drug RU-486 over a four-year period, it was reported this week.
The adverse events included five reported deaths and 68 cases of severe
bleeding that required transfusions.
In the same time period about there were 1400 deaths from pregnancy
and childbirth and about 16,000,000 "adverse events".
I don't know about you, but this is the kind of information *I* get from
my doctor, that's part of her job to warn me of possible drug problems.
These people who are forever bitching and moaning "the doctors don't
tell us what we want to hear" should find doctors who tell them what
they *NEED* to hear. One wonders if "Roman" "thinks" he's doing a
"service" by propagating medical information over usenet without a clue
of who might read it?
(odds that "Roman" doesn't have a medical license or even any training
at all?)
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