Medical Uses of the Pill

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Dear , if you could write up some of the most common medical uses of the pill (dysmennorhea, PCOS, endometriosis, irregular periods), and the alternate non-pill treatments, perhaps we could disseminate these far and wide, and at least have our talking points ready. I was on the radio yesterday about the StandUp for Freedom Rally (held tomorrow nationwide from 12 to 1), and the #1 call in topic to me was that women out there have bought hook-line-and-sinker the mantra that the pill is a medical treatment. They have equated the pill as medication. Margaret Sanger would be quite proud. They can not fathom the fact that their doctors have used the pill to treat their medical problems because it is the path of least resistance - it leads to the quickest visit, and

lets face it - time is money. So, if the patient complains that her periods are irregular and painful, is he/she going to take the substantial time needed to do the right thing and to try to find out which endocrine state she possesses (as has been stated many times - thryoid, cortisol, insulin, stress or adrenal problems) -- or is he going to slap her on the pill in less than 2 minutes? This is the epitome of bad medicine for so many reasons, and we not only need to educate that the pill is not a panacea for these women's problems, but that their doctors need to invest the time into finding out what is the actual underlying problem causing the patient's complaints, and as you say, get to the root of the problem and give them the correct medication or treatment, which is almost always NOT the pill. I think a document produced by OB/GYNs would be far more powerful than one produced by FPs, although i would offer to help in anyway possible.

Blessings, Dr. Peck, MD, CCD, ABFM, Marquette NFP Instructor

Pecks Family Practice, PLC

1688 W Granada Blvd, Ste 2A

Ormond Beach, FL 32174

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"I have chosen you from the world, says the Lord, and have appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last, alleluia" (Cf. Jn 15:16,19) From: <obdoc2000@...> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 11:24 AM Subject: Re:

Scrupulosity or doing what's right?

I regularly challenge practitioners to provide even one case where there is not a better alternative to contraceptive medication to treat a gynecologic or fertility disorder, and have not found one since March 1, 1999 when I stopped writing scripts for them. The alternative treatments address and treat the underlying metabolic disorder and are, arguably far less expensive than OCP's at $80 per month or IUD's which cost in the hundreds of dollars. Let's practice authentic medicine and stop relying on the propaganda of the pharmaceutical industry, shall we? In reality, it's our strong suit, and allows those with concerns about the deleterious effects on the environment to align with us.

W. , M.D., FACOG

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Re: Scrupulosity or doing what's right?

Sorry ..I am at a midwives conference... I was responding to Dr. 's question when I replied about double effect.

While pregnancy/conception is a possibility with OCP use, it does not always or even often happen to the best of our knowledge. When a woman is 100% suffering with a problem and she is unable to obtain an alternative treatment, doesn't the current, real and existing problem outweigh the "possible" conception? And couldn't that be mitigated as well by instructing in the use of fertile signs to avoid conception?

Sandrock CNM

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