Cytotec
No dia 13 de Novembro de 1999 o Expresso noticiava que em alguns hospitais portugueses um medicamento contra a úlcera era usado para abortar nas primeiras semanas de gravidez de forma "segura". No site da Food and Drug Administration (análoga americana da nossa Infarmed) está uma carta da Searle, a farmacêutica que produz o Cytotec. Esta carta diz que o Cytotec não foi nem será testado como abortivo e que o seu uso com esse fim pode causar a morte da mãe!! É caso para dizer que quem não se preocupa com a vida do filho também não se preocupa com a da mãe...
Ligações:
Pílula para úlceras usada para abortar, Expresso, 13/11/1999
Carta da Searle no site da FDA
Misoprostol (cytotec)
PREGNANCY TREATMENT? Researchers analyze the data pertinent to the use of misoprostol as a precursor to induced abortion, as a cervical ripening agent and as a part of the RU-486 (Mifepristone/ Mifeygyne) regimen, lauding it in the conclusion as "one of the most important medications in obstetrical practice" while decrying the fact that the FDA persists in withholding approval.
On its web site, the FDA posts a letter from Searle, the manufacturer of Cytotec, that warns of maternal death and serious side effects.
In a second editorial comment, members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists blast Searle for the warning, claiming that ACOG should have been contacted and the pharmaceutical company's decision discussed in advance of the warning.
And in a letter, Searle responds, stating that they were guided by "our desire for the safe use of our products, and by our respect for health caregivers and their patients."
(Reading: "Misoprostol and Pregnancy," New England Journal of Medicine, 1/4/01, pp. 38-47, complete text available only to subscribers, http://www.nejm.org/content/2001/0344/0001/0038.asp -- "Use of Misoprostol in Pregnancy," New England Journal of Medicine, 1/4/01, pp. 59-60, http://www.nejm.org/content/2001/0344/0001/0059.asp -- "Manufacturer's Warning Regarding Unaproved Use of Misoprostol", New England Journal of Medicine, 1/4/01, p. 61, http://www.nejm.org/content/2001/0344/0001/0061a.asp -- Searle warning letter: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2000/cytote.htm )
in Communique - a pro-life news update -- From: Judie Brown
January 12, 2001, Vol. 11, #2