Looking for a contraceptive that’s convenient  and tasty? The first chewable birth-control method, a tiny, spearmint-flavored tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves.
Femcon Fe, which contains the same hormones as standard oral contraceptives, offers a new option for women who don’t like swallowing pills and want to take their birth control with them, according to Carl Reichel, president of drugmaker Warner Chilcott of Rockaway.
Warner Chilcott, which makes prescription dermatology and women’s health products, officially launched the product Thursday aimed at women who sometimes forget to take their pills.
“This isn’t a great leap forward, but I think this is a helpful step,” said Dr. Lee Shulman, chairman of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, and an obstetrician-gynecologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a professor at Northwestern University.
Well, something with the sound “Fe” in it twice doesn’t sound tasty to me. Next up: Morning After Bubble Gum.
What a freakin waste of research. Birth control pills are tiny, and never tasted bad anyway. Ortho-Novums, anyway, taste kind of sweet.
Now invent a tasty chewable antibiotic, and you’ll rule the world.
OK, WhoTF is making up these turing words? Mine is herself69, in an article about birth control. I’m too speechless to make up a sentence.
Mark Steyn will disapprove.
Turing = Much more of this, and the West will have a big ol’ empty house on its hands. But not for long…
Yes, what every household needs is a tasty, chewable, oft-present medication that needs to be taken daily and hence leads to great temptation to keep it accessible, just to test all our childproofing skills and devices. The pills currently available are hard enough to control. As it is, I want the head of him or her who invented “gummy vitamins” on a platter.
My mother-in-law, who takes a literal handful of various meds daily, once brought them all to Europe on a 3-week trip with us in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. She then proceeded to leave that bag on every hotel bed and dresser with our 6- and 2-year-olds wandering around. Sigh…
Well, at least the little ones won’t get knocked up, Jamie.
If you could make a video, we menfolk would all be much obliged.
Swallowing I like. Chewing, not so much.
But let me guess, this isn’t about me.