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The Doctor's Case Against the Pill Paperback – January 1, 1995

by Barbara Seaman (Author)

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A reassessment of a thought-provoking work raises questions about the safety and reliability of birth control pills in the light of such modern technologies as hormone replacement therapy and Norplant implants. Reprint. Tour. IP.

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258 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Hunter House
Publication date

January 1, 1995
Dimensions

5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

0897931815
ISBN-13

978-0897931816
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This first appeared in 1969 and the update is based on recent research and interviews with health professionals. Seaman concludes that use of the Pill poses serious health risks today, from infertility and increased heart attacks to blood clots. This updates the picture on a possible crisis in health care: use of the Pill by women. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Barbara Seaman is cofounder of the National Women's Health Network and a Trustee of the National Council on Women's Health.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hunter House; Anniversary edition (January 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0897931815
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0897931816
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

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G.A.Elbek

How little the FDA admits about their known fatal effects ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 1, 2014

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How little the FDA admits about their known fatal effects from birth control pills. All young women are at risk for toxic effects! Even to this day, she is participating in an experimental game of health roulette with potential for damaging health effects. Women taking birth control drugs while pregnant, and while nursing also put their child's health at enormous risk!

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Diana Fleischman

a collection of anecdotes with no scientific basis

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2005

Recently I've been doing research on oral contraceptives and their hormonal basis and I picked up this book because I thought it might have something to tell me about how the pill worked. Of course the book has no such thing. The words "estriadol" and "progestin" the two main components of the pill are not even in the index. The book is a collection of anectodal complaints from women about their experiences with the pill without any basis in science or medicine. Seamen doesn't even talk about how the side effects reported could have been caused by the pill, she simply reports them as fact. There are interviews with laypeople, doctors, and psychologists but there are absolutely no references located in this book from peer reviewed scientific journals. She does describe some scientific studies but completely skews the results. Basically this book is unscientific, sensationalistic, and poorly written.

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New York City mom

Historically important, and still relevant today

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 5, 1999

A mere thirty years ago, the Pill's dosage of estrogen was dangerously high, resulting in side effects such as strokes, depression, obesity, blood clots, and heart attacks. Yet gynecologists at the time brushed off women's concerns, telling them that they were nothing more than "psychological." Enter Barbara Seaman, whose 1969 book The Doctors' Case Against the Pill warned women about the health risks and held doctors and pharmaceutical companies to task for their sexism -- as well as for their greed and incompetence. Her book prompted the Senate to hold hearings investigating the safety of the Pill. As a result, the Pill today is much safer, and each packet comes with a warning about potential side effects and contraindications.
Well, that was thirty years ago... why buy the book today? First, because it is an important historical record of the way female patients have been mistreated. And second, because Seaman has updated it to include new information about the Pill's pitfalls over the years as well as an excellent chapter about Norplant, a contraceptive used widely around the globe even though it causes its own host of health problems. No wonder Gloria Steinem has called Seaman "the first prophet of the women's health movement."

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