Prominent GP and former MP Kerryn Phelps has weighed into the doctor-pharmacist turf war, saying pharmacists shouldn't prescribe because of their financial interests. But the evidence says otherwise.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Oral contraceptive pill
Displaying all articles
Whether women should need a prescription to get the pill has long been controversial. But making it available over the counter would compromise the provision of comprehensive women's health care.
New modelling shows skipping the need for a doctors' prescription and going straight to a pharmacist for the pill could save the health system A$96 million a year and improve women's health outcomes.
Endometriosis is cut or vaporised with an electric current or laser. It ranges from a simple, 20 minute operation to complex surgery involving important organs such as the bowel and bladder.
Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.
There are more than 30 different types of contraceptive pills. But brand names such as Microgynon, Levlen, Yaz and Brenda give little indication of the ingredients, dose or who should use them.
Women on the pill are able to manipulate or suppress their menstrual cycles to have fewer "periods", or to avoid bleeding at important or inconvenient times.
We usually focus on the physical health effects of the pill, yet the most common reason women stop or change the pill is mental health side effects.
Top contributors
-
Jayashri Kulkarni is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
-
Professor of Women’s Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, & Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne
-
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
-
Senior Lecturer in Physiology, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
-
Deputy Director of Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
-
Gynaecology Unit Head the Royal Women’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
-
Associate professor, University of Wollongong
-
Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University
-
Research Fellow, Macquarie University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Primary Care Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland
