Proving and Reproving

I don't know too much about birth control pills. But I was puzzled recently when there was a lot of publicity about a new pill that could permanently stop menstruation.

You see, I had long been told that birth control pills simulated pregnancy. And pregnancy - while it lasts - sure does stop menstruation. So what was with the new pill?

Enlightenment came to me today, when visiting reasonpharm.

The problem is that women could already do this long before Lybrel showed up. Any of the existing brands of birth control pills will work -- simply omitting the placebo pills in the pack and taking active pills continuously will do the trick. Gynecologists have known this for years, but apparently years of successful experience aren't enough to satisfy the FDA; only an expensive clinical trial will do.

Well, the government is famous for spending money to prove things we already know. So it's no surprise that they would require companies to do the same,

Who will protect us
From our protectors?
Thank goodness for skillful
B.S. detectors!