Dr. Drew Pinsky Says Use Birth Control
Dr. Drew Pinsky, a psychiatrist famous for speaking about mental health topics relating to adolescents, sexuality, and addiction, has spoken numerous times about the myriad of contreceptives available to the public.
In an interview with MedicineNet.com , Dr. Drew recommended various methods of birth control for young adults. "Well, obviously, I'm presuming they're not smoking, don't have medical conditions, there are advantages to the pill, less PID [pelvic inflammatory disease], less cancers. Multiple reasons are accumulating to suggest the pill - it adds a level of safety now beyond contraception ... and, of course, condoms become important for STD's and safe sex. I want people to know about emergency contraception, too. It's taking your pill in a slightly higher dose after a sexual encounter. You take two pills within 24 hours of an unprotected sexual encounter, and then two more in the next 12 hours and it helps to prevent pregnancy. It works by preventing ovulation just by the oral contraceptive pill. There is some information out there from various groups and I'm against abortion, so I wouldn't get behind this if I thought it prevented implantation, but there is some information that shows conclusively that this prevents ovulation ... it works the same way as the birth control pill. Is there a finite possibility that somewhere, some time it could prevent implantation? Yes. Just like there is with the oral contraceptive pill taken the way you usually take it. So, there are multiple medications out there that have the same probability and no one talks about having them taken off the shelves. So, I'm extremely disturbed about this, since that has the highest probability of cutting down on the abortion rate out there. The Right-to-Lifers are probably not using their brains, they have to read the literature."
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