Health Populi July 14, 2023
You may not be able to get that ear-worm jingle that goes “O O O Ozempic” out of your musical mind, but I’m happy to tell you there’s a new “O” in town: the Opill.
Welcome to the first OTC contraceptive for sale in the USA.
I wrote about Perrigo’s Opill here in Health Populi in May 2023 as a “signpost on the road to retail health.”
It’s official:
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill®, a progestin-only daily oral contraceptive, for over-the-counter (OTC) use for all ages. Opill® is the first ever birth control pill available over the counter in the United States,”
the company’s press release explained yesterday when the news went live.
In May, the...
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