Review 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 Product Description 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.

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.

In the late'60s and early '70s sexual liberation was in the air. Many -- perhaps even most -- well-heeled Americans welcomed the loosening up of sexual restrictions that had been so oppressive during the postwar era. The sexual double standard was waning, young people were being told that they had the right to sensual experimentation before and outside of marriage, and making it all possible were the new miracle contraceptives. the iud and the pill. Times had changed for the better, and it was a new epoch of progress, right?Wrong. Journalist Barbara Seaman had the courage and insight to peer behind the happy facade that characterized the first wave of American sexual liberation, at some troubling realities. She asked simple questions -- the kind that annoy everyone, because they're unanswerable. Why was so much research being done on female contraceptives that were potentially harmful, with none being done on male contraceptives? (The condom STILL remains the only male option.) Since sexual intercourse is generally more pleasurable for men than women, why didn't men introduce harsh chemicals and dangerous contraptions into their systems? If the pill was so safe, why was it making women feel so sick? Why were patients who reported their symptoms told that it was all in their heads? Why were the physicians and chemists behind all these products male? _The Doctor's Case Against the Pill_ compresses many of Seaman's findings and inaugurated her career as a lifelong whistle blower and advocate of women's health. Like her later work, _Free and Female_,it is a pathfinding book that exposes the ideology behind the health industry and the self-interest of so many medical practitioners. It reminds us how easily retrograde assumptions are recycled into the most seemingly progressive and forward-looking social initiatives. Like most pioneering works, its results still brace and shock. the expanded edition incorporates Seaman's more recent research. This is a must-read for anyone interested in women's health and women's history. As many people know, because of this book, there are now warning labels on packages of birth control pills. Thirty years ago, Barbara Seaman had the courage to play that most thankless role.the party-pooper. In the swinging '60s and '70s, her findings met with a cold reception. But because of her work, women today lead healthier and safer lives.

A collection of anecdotes with no scientific basis 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.

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DYER BROOK, Maine — A conversation between a Southern Aroostook Community School official and a student led to an awkward moment when an envelope on the youth containing pills fell to the floor. Deputy Vance Palmer of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department said Monday evening that the incident happened at the school last week during a basketball game. According to Palmer, a school official went into a locker room during the game and started to talk to a male 18-year-old student when an envelope allegedly containing 17 oxycodone pills fell to the floor. School officials called police. Sheriff’s department and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents went to the school and questioned the youth. He was not taken into custody. The student reportedly said that a 17-year-old female juvenile student supplied him with the pills. No charges have been filed so far, according to Palmer, but they are pending against both teens.

Like I said in the last school related drug article, the kids are resorting to pills cause mommy can't smell em on them!!! All Schools should bring in drug sniffing dogs to wipe through all the students..One by One. What about marijuana lolli pops I heard about last year? Kids are walking around mommy and daddy with a lolly pop hanging out of their mouths and no one has a clue what they are really doing! Things are bad these days and the authorities had better revamp their proceedures and the schools had better revamp their policies before too many children are involved! The drug of choice for kids these days isn't pot, it's pills they get from their own medicine cabinests of from a weekend visit to grammy's house! Money to buy them?? These kids steal them from their own homes and sell them for profit at school! I have a teenage son, he and his friends tell me HORROR stories of what these kids are doing in school! Parents had better buck up and pay the hell attention before it's their kid! Mine, well his ball and chain is so damn short he can't move!! I search him, his pockets, and his back pack the second he gets in my car, he isn't allowed to ride the bus, I take him to and from! If he doesn't like it.Oh well.I simply remind him he has 3 more years to put up with my searches and rules! I am the "bit@#" Mom to all my son's friends and to him but guess what? They still hang out here every chance they get!

Kairiendo YOU WENT TO THE WRONG DR. It sounds like you may be addicted. I do agree that it is a bit on the parenting, and if it wasnt the pills it would be alcohol, chicken speed, cigs, or that dangerous old marry jane. There is always something to be addicted to. Rachael1962 RIGHT ON!!! We are paying for the pills b/c it is alot of old people getting their scripts and then selling them b/c they dont get enough on SS to live. Alot of our elders are doning this. I know of 2 on the French Settlement Rd. in Costigan. 1 an old lady & another is an old man w/ cancer. I think if you need a heavy duty drug like an OPE than you should have to go get doesed like the clinic provides now for the junkies. Dont worry about the cost, I think if they did this it might be cheaper. We pay for the junkies to get there now, and there wouldnt be such easy accsss to the pills. Also all the parents need to get off the drugs. Stop with all the anti-depresants and pills for this & that. Life is tough, nobody ever said it was easy. Always looking for that magic pill. Toughen up America. We all used to do it.

Leathergolve. I wonder, how old are you? Are you from my teenage years, longer than that or from the teenage years of now? I don't trust my son, he is naive, immature, influential, and is in a High School FULL of drugs! Damn straight I test him 2x a month.Randomly at the Dr. Office as well as at home if I feel the need! I know plenty of parents who "don't care" or "don't want to know" and I'm not one of them! His father thinks it's overboard at times but until my son turns 18..He's expected to follow my rules! I don't disrespect my child, nor do I feel I infringe on his privacy. He wants leeway..I'll give him leeway, But..I do what's right and responsible in my opinion as a parent! I will not have a drug addicted teenager because it's floating ALL through his high school! I can control what happens when he is home..I cannot control what is going on at School.. Another student at my child's school who is a senior, told me of the kids to keep him from, the ones who smoke dope, the ones who snort and swallow pills, the ones who snort coke, and even showed me pics of 14 year olds from my son's high school who posted pics of themselves smoking dope on the internet!! From soda bottles, to home made bongs, to aluminum foil pipes and red delicious apples! When I saw the pics I was mrtified for 2 of them had been in my home to see my son.That's when the testing started and thankfully I have been blessed that he has not failed a one! So I'm glad your parents trusted you.I on the other hand have no faith in society and this is us. Not 1975!

A Chalmette man has been arrested for selling Oxycodone pills from his house. More than $3,000 worth of pills were found in the home, authorities said. Two other men were also arrested in connection with the case. St. Bernard Parish sheriff's detectives booked Robert Francois, 48, 20 Old Hickory Drive, with possession with intent to distribute controlled dangerous substances after a search warrant turned up 150 Oxycodone pills at his residence. Francois was also booked with possession of Lorcet and distribution of six Oxycodone pills, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office said. Tony Hampton, 51, who lived in the same house as Francois, was booked with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia found inside the home, authorities said. A third man, Ludie Cochrane, 30, 3425 Dauterive Drive, Chalmette, was booked with possession of six Oxycodone pills after deputies pulled over a vehicle leaving Francois' house. Francois, a passenger in the vehicle, said he had just purchased the pills. The driver of the vehicle was not arrested. Francois remains in custody in St. Bernard Parish in lieu of $40,000 bond. Hampton remains in custody under $10,000 bond. Cochrane was released from jail after posting $10,000 bond. The arrests were made Jan. 23.

Sounds like someone lost their connection and has to go somewhere else for their high. FYI, druggies who don't have a job in which to buy those pills commits other crimes like stripping copper from houses that are being rebuilt, they break into cars to steal what they can. But then again I don't reckon certain people consider those real crimes either.

Nolagirlie79, are you serious? Some pills are worse than heroin. Oxycodone (Oxycontin), methadone etc.. cause people to drop dead left and right. You truly are a fool unless you are being sarcastic.

1st of all there is a difference between becoming physical addictive to pain medication and abusing pain medication. I myself became physically addicted to opiates. I had a serious knee injury that required 7 surgeries plus nerve damage(and its still not right). Plus I was diagnosed with Degenertive Disc Disease L3-S1 and ruptured L3/L4 disc. I was on narcotics 1st. Then they stopped working. I went to a highly respected Doctor at Tulane and he was perscribing me 360 Norco a month!! He decided that was to many pills to be taken and put me on Avinza(long acting Morphine). I was on this medications for 5 yrs. We moved out of state and my Doctor said he couldnt refer me to anyone because he didnt know any physician in the state I moved to. My knee injury was Workman Comp and they worked with me and tried to get me in with a Pain Managment Physician in my new state and I was refused. So we tried to get in with an Orthopedic Physician for an evaluation. Ortho wouldnt take my case either because it was to complicated. In the meantime I am running out of medication. WC instucted me to go to the E. R. to get my perscriptions filled till I could find a Doctor. I refused to go to the E. R. cause they would of looked at me as a "Druggie". So I deceided to check into rehab and get clean then go from there. When I went to rehab they evaluated me 1st to see if I was abusing the medication. They refused me because I was taking the medication as directed by my Doctor. Here I am asking for help to detox off of opiates and the refused me!!! I couldnt believe it.So my husband and I went home and he got on the computer and did some research on withdrawls from opiates. He is my angel.. He stood by me ever step of the way..Now I cant say I have been totally opiate free since 06 because of my legitamate medical issues. Since then I have had 2 back surgeries but I wont let doctors write a perscription for narcotics or opiates. I am presently going another route to help with pain by getting a seris of nerve blocks for my back and a total knee replacement. I am only 36yrs old!! The problem here is the physician writing the medication. I understand people have legitamate pain and need pain meds but the ones that abuse pain medication give the legitamate ones a bad name..Good suffer for the bad!! I want to know who wrote a perscription for 150+ Oxycotin? That is who the police, DEA should be looking for..

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A Chalmette man has been arrested for selling Oxycodone pills from his house. More than $3,000 worth of pills were found in the home, authorities said. Two other men were also arrested in connection with the case. St. Bernard Parish sheriff's detectives booked Robert Francois, 48, 20 Old Hickory Drive, with possession with intent to distribute controlled dangerous substances after a search warrant turned up 150 Oxycodone pills at his residence. Francois was also booked with possession of Lorcet and distribution of six Oxycodone pills, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office said. Tony Hampton, 51, who lived in the same house as Francois, was booked with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia found inside the home, authorities said. A third man, Ludie Cochrane, 30, 3425 Dauterive Drive, Chalmette, was booked with possession of six Oxycodone pills after deputies pulled over a vehicle leaving Francois' house. Francois, a passenger in the vehicle, said he had just purchased the pills. The driver of the vehicle was not arrested. Francois remains in custody in St. Bernard Parish in lieu of $40,000 bond. Hampton remains in custody under $10,000 bond. Cochrane was released from jail after posting $10,000 bond. The arrests were made Jan. 23.

Sounds like someone lost their connection and has to go somewhere else for their high. FYI, druggies who don't have a job in which to buy those pills commits other crimes like stripping copper from houses that are being rebuilt, they break into cars to steal what they can. But then again I don't reckon certain people consider those real crimes either.

Nolagirlie79, are you serious? Some pills are worse than heroin. Oxycodone (Oxycontin), methadone etc.. cause people to drop dead left and right. You truly are a fool unless you are being sarcastic.

1st of all there is a difference between becoming physical addictive to pain medication and abusing pain medication. I myself became physically addicted to opiates. I had a serious knee injury that required 7 surgeries plus nerve damage(and its still not right). Plus I was diagnosed with Degenertive Disc Disease L3-S1 and ruptured L3/L4 disc. I was on narcotics 1st. Then they stopped working. I went to a highly respected Doctor at Tulane and he was perscribing me 360 Norco a month!! He decided that was to many pills to be taken and put me on Avinza(long acting Morphine). I was on this medications for 5 yrs. We moved out of state and my Doctor said he couldnt refer me to anyone because he didnt know any physician in the state I moved to. My knee injury was Workman Comp and they worked with me and tried to get me in with a Pain Managment Physician in my new state and I was refused. So we tried to get in with an Orthopedic Physician for an evaluation. Ortho wouldnt take my case either because it was to complicated. In the meantime I am running out of medication. WC instucted me to go to the E. R. to get my perscriptions filled till I could find a Doctor. I refused to go to the E. R. cause they would of looked at me as a "Druggie". So I deceided to check into rehab and get clean then go from there. When I went to rehab they evaluated me 1st to see if I was abusing the medication. They refused me because I was taking the medication as directed by my Doctor. Here I am asking for help to detox off of opiates and the refused me!!! I couldnt believe it.So my husband and I went home and he got on the computer and did some research on withdrawls from opiates. He is my angel.. He stood by me ever step of the way..Now I cant say I have been totally opiate free since 06 because of my legitamate medical issues. Since then I have had 2 back surgeries but I wont let doctors write a perscription for narcotics or opiates. I am presently going another route to help with pain by getting a seris of nerve blocks for my back and a total knee replacement. I am only 36yrs old!! The problem here is the physician writing the medication. I understand people have legitamate pain and need pain meds but the ones that abuse pain medication give the legitamate ones a bad name..Good suffer for the bad!! I want to know who wrote a perscription for 150+ Oxycotin? That is who the police, DEA should be looking for..

When I worked at the Camera Store, rather than using my break to buy and eat crappy and expensive mall food, I would wander around and window-shop. One day, dawdling about Hallmark, I ran into this little pill case. It was $8.

Friggin dollars. I had to have it. Recently a friend of ours had her father pass away, and she was taking his death rather hard. We went to the viewing to support her. When I saw her fumble around in her little black formal purse to take out a bottle of xanax while talking with my husband, I knew what I just had to do. I reached down into my purse, grabbed my little bee case, unceremoniously dumped all the pills out into my purse, and pressed the empty case into her hand. She hugged me. Later she told me that it was one of few things that really made her smile during all the public ceremony surrounding his death. I was glad to hear it, because, well, it was

Function. So. My pill case. I actually sought out another one (and it took some effort) just because, well, sometimes there are those things that you just become so attached to there was a keychain I got while I was at Cal State Fullerton that lasted me years, and I had to ask the in-laws to retrieve it from the keys when we junked the car I totaled last December. There arent many things I get attached to that way I cant really think of any other item that is important to me in quite the same way. I never did find one on eBay and Hallmark had them in clearance when I got the second one, so I cant link you to any place where you can buy it yourself, unfortunately (I believe it to be

I almost bought a pill case at Crane Co. that simply screams, MORE MEDICINE, PLEASE! Thoroughly describes my regimine. Alas, it was too small for my Zoloft.

And i cant believe i hadnt thought of that, seeing as i ate carpet lint as a child and my fiance ate rocks. then there was the time i shoved a small shell up my nose. of course kids would mistake pills for candy.

Ages ago, I bought some candy pastilles in a small metal tin. [The tin has a pseudo-Victorian look to it, and doesn't much resemble modern candy packaging.] After finishing the candy, I repurposed the tin into a pillcase for my purse. About 1 1/4 in diameter and maybe a half-inch thick. [The pills I take are relatively small, so it holds about a week's supply, but there's only one compartment so they all bounce around together.] About a decade ago, I found an inexpensive pill case with a built-in alarm you could set for your doses. Once the alarm went off, the clock would continue to flash the time until you opened the case. That has long since broke, and I havent seen another one like it..(

Thats the nice thing about not wanting kids - no need to alter the way I live for anyone! Madeline, at first I had trouble picking which pillcase I liked best, but then the MST3K. The Movie one sealed the deal for me.

Aawwww, bumblebee! I do the same thing I keep my allergy medicine in a little sliding pill case that has a happy vintage-y looking girl in fancy lingerie on it.

I love a great pill case. Mine was given to me by my grandmother about 15 years ago. Its a small tin with an antique looking Uneeda Biscuit logo.

Ugh. i always do this, i post then remember something else i meant to say. TGD, the coating on advil tastes like the coating on mms. which makes it much more pleasant than most pills i have to swallow. unfortunately the only otc painkiller i can use now is tylenol as the others interact with my meds and make my tummy bleed internally.

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You discuss the relative merits of the pill and the coil for birth control (28 October, p 7). I understand that the pill may also mitigate against the awful, often fatal, disease of ovarian cancer. Few people seem to hear about this until they have a dear relative with the disease or they get inside a cancer ward. A large trial of ovarian cancer screening has just begun, though the results are not due out for another six years - see www. medicine. manchester. ac. uk/abouttheschool/news/cancermilestone

You discuss the relative merits of the pill and the coil for birth control (28 October, p 7). I understand that the pill may also mitigate against the awful, often fatal, disease of ovarian cancer. Few people seem to hear about this until they have a dear relative with the disease or they get inside a cancer ward. A large trial of ovarian cancer screening has just begun, though the results are not due out for another six years - see www. medicine. manchester. ac. uk/abouttheschool/news/cancermilestone

I wish I kept a more detailed journal I have chat logs and emails as a quotidian reminder of my doings, but it doesnt capture all the great conversations and interesting people I meet when traveling. This short trip to Tokyo, only 10 days or so, was jam-packed with cool folks with cool ideas. But now Im jaunting back to Tokyo from the W3C-Keio office, and then to the airport, so no time, no time Maybe on the plane I will sketch out my erstwhile meanderings. The short version. spoke at Web Directions East (and will speak again at Web Directions North) about SVG and Canvas, was blown away by the other presentations there, hung with cool Web community folks (locals and internationals) who I hope to see again, ate good food, wandered the streets of Harajuku and Shibuya and Asakusa and Ebisu, watched mochi being made at a temple festival and ate the results, met with the Japanese chapter of the SVG Interest Group and some Japanese Industrial Standards folks regarding SVG 1.2 Tiny and further on, and collaborated with my awesome and inspiring W3C-Keio teammates. Had no access to my cash because of a mixup with Visa/RBC. Stayed in another capsule hotel, in Fujisawa. And saw Mt. Fuji two clear days in a row, with lovely warm winter weather. Sayonara, Japan!

The SVG Working Group met in Ottawa for the SVG 1.2 Tiny Test Fest this week, which went very well. The Test Fest was sponsored by BitFlash at the Brookline Hotel, which is where the Bilderberg Group met last time I was up here. With airlines prices being what they are, and anticipating having to rent a car, I decided to drive up instead of flying. I actually looked into train tickets, but was sorely disappointed it would have taken 2 days, required finding a hotel room in NYC, and booking a connecting train in Canada, and it would still have been the same price as a flight. Apparently, Amtrak is not only not ramping up their service to meet what you would think is a growing demand for cheap, eco-friendly travel they are actually removing passenger lines, because the freight industry controls the rails. What a pity I would like to have taken a train. As it turned out, though the drive was long (about 13 hours), I didnt really mind it. I kind of enjoy road trips. I loaded my iPod with podcasts and audiobooks. I loved the podcasts so much, I havent even gotten to the audiobooks yet. This is the first time Ive ever listened to a podcast, and I am definitely going to subscribe to some feeds (I know, Im behind the times, but I work from home and normally just listen to NPR or music while Im driving). The changing leaves were beautiful, too. On the way back down, I decided to detour to Niagara Falls. The only other time I was in this area, as I was roadtripping across the States with a friend (on my way to move from Missouri to North Carolina by a very circuitous route), she didnt want to go to the Falls, and Ive been wanting to go ever since. So, I figured, hey, since Im in the area But we worked pretty late last night, so I ended up leaving the hotel just before midnight I was pretty drowsy about half the way to Niagara Falls, so I pulled over and slept in my car in a rest area. But that gave me a chance to see a bit of Toronto by day. I detoured from my detour to see the CN Tower and Kensington Market in Toronto, which seems like a nice city its one of the few major Canadian cities Id never been to before, so Im glad I did it. In Niagara Falls, I did the normal tourist thing, strolling along the walkway above the falls, snapping pictures, and taking the Maid of the Mist boat tour that takes you into the deluge under the falls. I got soaked, naturally, and the roar was deafening. It was pretty fun. The falls American Falls and Horseshoe Falls are pretty impressive, with the rainbows and towering mist and translucent water rushing over the edge. So, off to dinner, then Im hitting the road again back home to North Carolina.

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A pill case includes a pill holding portion having at least one pill holding compartment for receiving and retaining a pill, and a retractable display assembly in operative association with the pill holding portion, wherein the retractable display assembly includes a retractable card having at least one surface defining a display area for displaying indicia which can be read by a user, the retractable card is being movable to a non-retracted position in which the retractable card is at least substantially uncovered with respect to the pill holding portion and an assembly for preventing the retractable card from disengaging from the retractable display assembly.

What is claimed is. 1. A pill case comprising. a pill holding portion removably attached to a retractable display assembly comprising. at least one pill holding compartment for receiving and retaining at least one pill therein. and a cover hingedly attached to the pill holding portion, said cover being adapted to move from a closed position to an open position to provide access to the pill holding portion. and said retractable display assembly in operative association with the pill holding portion and positioned beneath the pill holding portion, said retractable display assembly comprising. a retractable card having at least one surface defining a display area for displaying indicia which can be read by a user, said retractable card being reversibly movable to a non-retracted position in which the retractable card is at least substantially uncovered with respect to the pill holding portion. and prevention means for preventing the retractable card from disengaging from the retractable display assembly. 2. The pill case of claim 1 wherein the retractable display assembly comprises a retractable card retaining mechanism for automatically moving the retractable card from the non-retracted position to a retracted position in which the retractable card is at least substantially covered by the pill holding portion. 3. The pill case of claim 1 wherein the retractable display assembly comprises a retractable card retaining mechanism for manually moving the retractable card from the non-retracted position to a retracted position in which the retractable card is at least substantially covered by the pill holding portion. 4. The pill case of claim 1 wherein said prevention means comprises at least one detent on a side of the retractable card and a corresponding stop member positioned in the retractable display assembly wherein when the user moves the retractable card to the non-retracted position, the detent of the retractable card engages the stop member to prevent further movement of the retractable card. 5. The pill case of claim 1 wherein the retractable display assembly comprises a carriage comprising a retractable card receiving cavity for storing the retractable card when in the retracted position. 6. The pill case of claim 5 wherein the carriage contains a support area for supporting the retractable card within the cavity and for facilitating movement of the retractable card into and out of the cavity. 7. The pill case of claim 6 wherein the support area comprises a pair of spaced apart retractable card receiving grooves adapted to receive and retain respective opposed side portions of the retractable card therein wherein the retractable card is slidable within said grooves as the retractable card is moved between the retracted and non-retracted positions. 8. The pill case of claim 7 wherein the opposed side portions of the retractable cards are in the form of opposed detents. 9. The pill case of claim 8 wherein said prevention means comprises a stop member positioned in the retractable display assembly wherein when the user moves the retractable card to the non-retracted position, the detent engages the stop member to prevent further movement of the retractable card. 10. The pill case of claim 2 wherein the retractable card retaining mechanism comprises at least one spring biased spool assembly operatively engaged to the retractable display assembly and the retractable card wherein when the user releases the retractable card, the retractable card is moved via the spring biased spool assembly to the non-retracted position. 11. The pill case of claim 2 wherein the retractable card retaining mechanism comprises at least one spring operatively engaged to the retractable display assembly and the retractable card wherein when the user releases the retractable card, the retractable card is moved via the at least one spring to the non-retracted position. 12. The pill case of claim 1 wherein the pill holding portion and the retractable display assembly form a unitary pill case device.

The present invention is relates to a pill case, and more particularly a pill case having a retractable display or indicating assembly.

Pill cases, also known as pill boxes, are compact containers for housing medications such as pills, tablets, or capsules. Such personal pill cases are known in the art, and are typically designed to be small and unobtrusive so that they can be carried by the user in a purse or in a shirt pocket or other convenient location. They allow users to pack limited individualized dosages of one or more medications, and thus enable convenient short-term carry. Personal pill cases typically include multiple compartments, which are generally individually accessible by the user through a corresponding closure. Each compartment is adapted to receive and retain a single grouping or dose of one or more medications to be taken at a particular time, which may be individually identified by indicia printed on the closure or in proximity to the compartments. In this manner, the personal pill cases can be implemented to enable users to take their medication at the appointed times. Since the number or amount of dosages held in such personal pill cases is normally limited, the user must periodically refill the case typically from the standard pill containers supplied by the pharmacist. Such small, pocket-sized pill cases, which have been used for years, allow the user to pre-fill the container with medication to be dispensed for that day, and to conveniently carry it with them. These personal pill cases have been found to enhance the ease and regularity of administration by reminding the user of the proper time for dispensing of pills in a more consistent manner. In addition, their small size and compact profile make them especially convenient for individuals needing to take medications at scheduled intervals. In writing out prescriptions, physicians typically include instructions pertaining to the frequency of ingestion of prescribed medication in specific time intervals (e. g. once a day or after every meal). Such intervals may range from a matter of hours to days depending on the medication and the condition being treated. Prescription medications are typically filled for the patient with the necessary drug information supplied by the pharmacist. Many over-the-counter medications include packaging printed with necessary drug information such as administration instructions and dosing, symptoms and conditions to be treated, warnings, ingredients, and the like to inform patients of proper dispensing. The drug information accompanying such medications is important to ensure compliance on the part of the patient and that the patient is properly informed about the particulars of the corresponding drug regimen. Some examples of pills that are prescribed in a set dose and periodic time regimen include those that are administered for birth control, for regulating blood pressure, for regulating blood lipids, as antibiotics, and for treating a variety of other ailments such as diabetes. Failure to properly follow the physician's instructions often results in ineffective treatment, possible injury or even death. Thus, it is important to ensure patient compliance with prescription medications and other medications as well. Such drug information, however, may not be readily accessible for patients who choose to use personal pill cases to store and carry their pills. While traditional personal pill cases facilitate the use and transportation of medications, such cases have been found to be inadequate when the user is needs to access or carry information regarding the medication contained therein. In such an instance, the user often may not be able to retrieve the information in a timely manner, and thus, may inadvertently take the medications in an improper manner. Accordingly, there is a need for pill cases, which are capable of accommodating one or more dosable ingestible products typically in the form of pill medications which may be administered at the same or different time intervals and/or groupings during the day, while maintaining ease of use and storage and carry convenience. There is a further need for providing pill cases that comprise a retractable display or indicating means to permit access to information useful to the patient including medication instructions or details such as dosage regimen. It would be a still further advantage in the art if the pill case is designed to be compact, capable of providing easy access to the pills contained therein, and convenient to carry and store in a purse, shirt pocket or the like, while at the same time promoting compliance and safety for patients by substantially reducing confusion, uncertainty or forgetfulness.

The present invention relates generally to a pill case having multiple compartments or slots designed to hold several groupings or doses of one or more pills as broadly defined herein which may or may not contain an active ingredient such as a medications, and the like, for convenient storage and when in the form of a personal pill container, easy to carry. Each of the multiple compartments is designed to form a single area for holding a single pill or grouping of pills. The multiple compartments may further include indicia to assist the user in identifying the pills contained therein and when in the form of a personal pill container, which dosages are to be administered at a particular scheduled time. The pill case of the present invention permits the user to visually determine whether a particular grouping or dose had been taken. The present invention provides the user with a simple tool to organize, store, and remember the proper schedule for administering medication, all within a personal pill container that is compact so that is may be readily carried in a pocket, purse or the like. The pill case of the present invention further includes compliance features useful for facilitating proper medication dosing and usage over the period of time. In particular, the pill case includes a housing with a pill holding portion, and a retractable display or indicating assembly in operative engagement with the housing. The retractable display assembly includes a retractable tab or card slidably movable between a retracted position and an extended, non-retracted position with at least one surface defining a display area having indicia applied thereto, which may be viewed by the user in the non-retracted position. The pill holding portion includes a plurality of pill holding compartments or slots arranged in a discrete layout, and a cover or multiple individual covers for reversibly enclosing the compartments or slots. The pill holding portion may be adapted to receive and accommodate any number of pills depending on the maximum capacity of the case for matching with a particular dosage regimen particularly suited for the patient. For example, if the patient requires a 7-day medication regimen or a 14-day regimen, then the pill holding portion of the pill case may be filled to accommodate the required number of pills. The pill case of the present invention can therefore accommodate short- and long-term prescriptions and is thus not limited to dosage regimens that are multiples of seven. It will be understood that reference to the term “pill” as used herein shall include not only pills of a variety of shapes and sizes but all forms of dispensable solid products or articles of manufacture such as chewing gums, confectionery products (e. g., hard candies) which may include an active agent such as a medication, vitamin, nutraceutical and the like which can effectively be housed in the device of the present invention. Examples of “pills” as used herein include any solid ingestible product that can be carried in a pill case, including tablets, capsules, lozenges, caplets and the like. Likewise, all reference to a “pill case” shall mean a container which can accommodate the dispensable product or article of manufacture. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pill case comprising. a pill holding portion having at least one pill holding compartment for receiving and retaining at least one pill therein. and a retractable display assembly in operative association with the pill holding portion, said retractable display assembly comprising a retractable card having at least one surface defining a display area for displaying indicia which can be read by a user, said retractable card being reversibly movable to a non-retracted position in which the retractable card is at least substantially uncovered with respect to the pill holding portion, and prevention means for preventing the retractable card from disengaging from the retractable display assembly.

The following drawings in which like reference characters indicate like parts are illustrative of embodiments of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention as encompassed by the claims forming part of the application. FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a pill case for one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the pill case of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the pill case in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the pill case in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the pill case which is similar to the opposing side in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the pill case with an open cover and a retractable display or indicating assembly in an extended, non-retracted position in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 7 is an exploded assembly view of the pill case in accordance with the present invention. FIGS. 8A and 8B are each a top plan view of a retractable display or indicating assembly having a retractable tab in a retracted position and in an extended, non-retracted position, respectively, in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the multiple pill holding compartments or slots of the pill case in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 10 is a top plan view of a retractable display or indicating assembly for an alternative embodiment of the present invention. and FIG. 11 is a top plan view of a retractable display or indicating assembly for a third embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is directed to a pill case that includes compliance features which facilitate proper medication dosing over a regimen period. The pill case includes a housing having a pill holding portion composed of a plurality of pill holding compartments or slots arranged in a discrete layout, and a cover or multiple individual covers for reversibly enclosing the pill holding portion. The pill case further includes a retractable display assembly in operative engagement with the housing for supporting a retractable display area for easy access and viewing by the patient. The display indicia may contain indicia suitable for communicating any form of information to the patient including, but not limited to drug information, administration instructions and dosing, symptoms and conditions to be treated, warnings, ingredients, and the like, to inform patients of proper dispensing. In addition, the pill case of the present invention greatly enhances the privacy of the patient by enabling any personal drug information that the patient may prefer to keep undisclosed to be discretely hidden away from public view. The indicia may communicate other forms of information or graphical communication depending on the application and/or product contained in the pill case of the present invention. In one form of the present invention, the retractable display area may be replaceable and/or interchangeable with other display areas as may be required by the purpose, application or product contained therein. The pill case of the present invention is ergonomically designed to assist and enhance medication compliance for the patient and is sufficiently compact for easy carry and storage in one's pocket, purse or tight space. The pill case of the present invention includes features that enable the patient to properly follow a medication regimen, and is capable of accommodating any number of doses. This feature reduces the time and expense associated with packaging and dispensing pills. It will be understood that the present invention can be used to store and dispense a variety of solid, edible articles including, but not limited to, gums, confections, vitamins, nutraceuticals and the like as previously described. For illustrative purposes, reference hereinafter will be to a pill case for dispensing pills, typically containing an active agent. Although rectangular pills slots and housing are shown, it is to be understood that the present pill case may be modified to encompass a range of shapes and sizes as required. Referring to FIGS. 1 through 5, there is shown a pill case 10 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Typically, a pharmacist or pharmaceutical supply vendor will load or fill the pill case 10 with medication prior to sale. However, the pill case 10 may be loaded or filled by the patient or end user from a standard pill container. The pill case 10 may be pre-packaged in a tamper resistant pouch to allow a pharmacist to apply an Rx label. The pill case 10 may be constructed of any durable material including plastic, and molded into any size, shape, or color for easy identification and association with a specific medication. In the present embodiment as shown, the pill case 10 is adapted to accommodate up to 7 daily doses. It will be understood, however, that a greater or lesser number of daily doses may be accommodated by the present device in a modified form. The pill case 10 includes a housing 12 including a pill holding portion 18 defining a plurality of pill holding compartment or slots 16 (see FIG. 6), and a cover 14 adapted for reversibly enclosing the slots 16 . The cover may be in the form of multiple individual covers each enclosing one of the corresponding pill holding compartments. The pill case 10 is designed to accommodate and retain a plurality of pills in a discrete arrangement for secure storage and dispensing. The cover 14 includes a latch 20 operatively engaged to a latch slot 21 (shown best in FIG. 6) for reversibly securing the cover 14 to the pill holding portion 18, and a living hinge 22 (shown best in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6 ) for allowing the cover 14 to move pivotably between the closed and open positions during access and re-securement. The pill case further includes a retractable display assembly 24 which is preferably positioned beneath the pill holding portion and is operatively associated with the housing 12 as will be described hereinafter. The retractable display assembly 24 comprises a carriage 26 including a card receiving cavity 38 (see FIG. 7) accommodating a retractable indicating card 28, and an opening 30 in the carriage 26 through which the card 28 can be accessed from the cavity 38 as will be described hereinafter. The retractable display assembly 24 include a card retaining mechanism 43 (see FIG. 9B), which operates to securely maintain the card 28 in operative engagement to the carriage 26 and prevent its entire removal from the carriage 26 as will be described hereinafter in connection with FIGS. 8A, 8 B, 10 and 11 . Referring to FIG. 6, the card 28 is movably slidable from the carriage 26 through the opening 30 between the retracted position in which the card is essentially fully contained within the cavity and thereby covered by the pill holding portion 18 out of the cavity 38 to a non-retracted position in which the retractable card is substantially moved out of the cavity so that it is not covered by the pill holding portion 18 thereby enabling the user to read the indicia printed on the retractable card. The retractable display assembly 24 may be adapted to retain the card 28 in operative engagement to the carriage 26, while facilitating free movement of the card 28 between the retracted and non-retracted positions through the opening 30 . The card 28 further includes at least one surface 32 upon which indicia 34 such as alphanumeric characters, computer readable codes including barcodes, and the like, may be displayed to the patient and/or a scanner. The indicia 34 may communicate to the patient any information including, but not limited to drug information, administration instructions and dosing, symptoms and conditions to be treated, warnings, active ingredients, and the like. Alternatively, the surface 32 may provide a base on which an adhesive label containing specific information such as Rx information can be applied thereon for future reference as well as provide privacy when the card 28 is retracted and hidden from public view. The card 28 may be composed of any suitable material capable of receiving or supporting indicia in printed, embossed, etched or engraved forms on the surface thereof, including, but not limited to paper, cardboard, plastic, foil, laminated composites, and the like. The pill holding compartments 16 each can accommodate one or more pills for carry and storage. The cover 14 can be urged to an open position by disengaging the latch 20 from the latch slot 21 and lifting the cover 14 . The patient can pull the card 28 out through the opening 30 to view or read the indicia 34 . The card 28 may be imprinted with the indicia 34 on one side or both sides thereof as needed. Alternatively, the surface 32 of the card 28 may also be adapted to receive handwritten information (e. g., writing notes, checking off dates, making personal reminders, and the like). Referring to FIG. 7, the housing 12 of the pill case 10 is adapted for secure attachment to the carriage 26 of the retractable display assembly 24 to form a single unitary device. The housing 12 may be removably attached to the carriage 26 to permit replacement of the card 28 as needed. Alternatively, the housing and carriage may be fabricated as a single component. Thus, in one embodiment, the housing 12 may be mounted permanently to the carriage 26 . The housing 12 and the carriage 26 may be composed of any suitable rigid container material including, and not limited to, plastic molded or extruded, metal, and the like. As shown in FIG. 7, the housing 12 includes a lower base portion 36 that is dimensioned to fit into the cavity 38 of the carriage 26 . The carriage 26 further includes a support area 40 on which the card 28 is carried, and a pair of grooved guides 42 each located along the corresponding side periphery of the support area 40 . The opening 30 is configured to expose a portion of the card 28 in the retracted position for the patient to grasp, thus allowing the patient is to pull the card 28 out from the carriage 26 with ease. The card retaining mechanism 43 of the pill case 10 prevents the card 28 from accidentally leaving the carriage 26 . The card retaining mechanism 43 further comprises in the embodiment specifically shown in FIG. 7, a pair of detents 44 located on the corners of the interior end of the card 28, and a pair of stops 46 located at the interior side portions of the grooved guides 42 proximate the opening 30 as will be further described hereinafter. The card 28 is generally located between the lower base end 36 of the housing 12 and the support area 40 of the carriage 26 . The support area 40 of the carriage 26 acts as a bearing surface and allows the card 28 to slide over the support area 40 of carriage 26 . During implementation, the pill case 10 can be used by a pharmacist to dispense medication to the patient, and includes a card 28 containing drug information associated with the dispensed medication. The patient may subsequently return the pill case 10 to the pharmacist for refilling the same or different medication. If a different medication is dispensed, the pharmacist may replace the old card 28 by disengaging the carriage 26 from the housing 12 and removing the old card 28 from the support area 40 . The new card 28 containing the corresponding information is then placed in the support area 40 prior to re-engaging the carriage 40 to the housing 12 . Referring to FIG. 8A, the retractable display assembly 24 is shown with the card 28 in the retracted position. The grooved guides 42 of the carriage 26 cooperate with the corresponding detents 44 of the card 28 to facilitate sliding movement of the card 28 within the carriage 26 . Referring to FIG. 8B, the retractable display assembly 24 is shown with the card 28 in the fully extended position. The card retaining mechanism 43 is formed in combination by the detents 44 of the card 28 and the stops 46 proximate the opening 30 . When the card 28 is in the extended position, the card retaining mechanism 43 limits movement of the card 28, and prevent its removal from the carriage 26 . The detents 44 of the card 28 abut against the stops 46, thus preventing further movement. FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the pill holding portion 18 of the housing 12 . The pill holding compartments 16 are suitably dimensioned to accommodate one or more pills in a spaced apart arrangement. As previously mentioned, the number, grouping and size of the compartments 16 may be modified according to the needs of the patient. Referring to FIG. 10, a retractable display assembly 50 is shown for an alternative embodiment of the present invention. The retractable display assembly includes a carriage 52 with an opening 54, a retractable card 56, and a retractable card retaining mechanism 58 . In this embodiment, the card retaining mechanism 58 comprises at least one, preferably a pair of spring biased spools 60 attached to carriage 52, a pair of cables 62 each extending from a spool 60, and a pair of cable fasteners 64 attached to the card 56 . The cable fasteners 62 secure the card 56 to the cables 62, respectively. The cables 62 are operatively engaged to a corresponding spool 60, and the spools 60 are spring biased to draw the card 56 through the opening 54 into the carriage 52 . During usage, the patient can pull the card 56 out through the opening 54 in the same manner as previously described. Upon release, the card 56 is automatical drawn back into the carriage 52 by the action of the spring biased spools 60, which also operated to prevent the card 56 from being removed. Referring to FIG. 11, a retractable display assembly 70 is shown for a third embodiment of the present invention. The retractable display assembly includes a carriage 72 with an opening 74, a retractable card 76, and a retractable card retaining mechanism 78 . In this embodiment, the card retaining mechanism 78 comprises at least one, preferably a pair of springs 80 securely attached between the carriage 72 and the card 76 . The springs 80 are operatively engaged to the card 56 to limit its movement through the opening 74, and prevent its removal from the carriage 72 . During usage, the patient can pull the card 76 out through the opening 74 in the same manner as previously described. Upon release, the card 76 is automatically drawn back into the carriage 52 by the action of the springs 80 . The foregoing discussion discloses and describes merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from such discussion, and from the accompanying drawings and claims, that various changes, modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

A fugitive charged in a plot to extort $1 million in the Chicago area Tylenol deaths was seized by Federal agents in New York City yesterday afternoon. The authorities said the suspect, James W. Lewis, was picked up at 2 P. M. at the New York Public Library Annex in midtown after being recognized from a poster distributed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was arraigned in Federal Court in Manhattan last night before United States Magistrate Ruth V. Washington on charges of extortion and unlawful flight. She ordered him held in $5 million cash bond pending an identity hearing Dec. 23. He was sent to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a Federal facility in downtown Manhattan. Kenneth Walton, the deputy assistant director in charge of the New York office of the F. B.I., said yesterday at a news conference that there was no evidence to link Mr. Lewis or his wife, Leann, directly to the seven deaths that were caused by cyanide-filled Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules bought in Chicago area stores. The deaths occurred between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1. He Is Accused of Writing Letter Authorities have said that after the deaths, Mr. Lewis wrote a threatening letter to Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of MacNeil Consumer Products, the manufacturer of Tylenol, demanding $1 million under the threat of further poisionings. Tyrone Fahner, the Illinois Attorney General, said when the arrest warrant was issued that ''the nature of the extortion letter and the claims in it are such that the investigators would naturally want to talk to Mr. Lewis.'' Mr. Walton said the whereabouts of Mrs. Lewis remained unknown but urged her to turn herself in. ''We're going to find her, too,'' he said. There was no word on where the Lewises may have been living since they left the Hotel Rutledge on Lexington Avenue at 31st Street, wherethey reportedly stayed from Sept. 6 to mid-October. The couple had been sighted a number of times in New York, and their presence set off a large-scale hunt here by Federal agents and the city police. Posters were displayed in midtown from river to river, asking people to call if they spotted the Lewises. ''Today someone did,'' Mr. Walton said. He said a phone call led agents to the library annex at 40th Street and Fifth Avenue, where they found Mr. Lewis sitting, copying names and addresses of newspapers from a book. Mr. Walton said the suspect was unarmed, offered no resistance and acknowledged his identity. In the news conference in the F. B.I. office at 26 Federal Plaza, a clean-shaven Mr. Lewis could be seen being whisked past a door into an elevator. In the weeks after the deaths, more than 100 Federal, state and local investigators in Illinois worked on the poisioning case. The team is now less than half its original size. In a letter to The Chicago Tribune in October, Mr. Lewis, using one of his many aliases, denied that they had had any role in the deaths. The formal charge against Mrs. Lewis is fraudulent use of a Social Security card. ---- There Are Other Suspects Special to the New York Times SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 13 - At a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol, Attorney General Tyrone Fahner said tonight that James Lewis ''is high on our list of people,'' but added. ''We have to determine whether or not he's responsible. I hasten to make clear. He is a suspect, but we have others as well.'' He said other suspects ''had made statements to friends, or had exhibited conduct, or had made threats against one of the companies involved at a previous date, and had exhibited criminal or quasicriminal behavior that would lead us to believe they are capable of doing these terrible crimes.'' ---- F. B.I. 'Saturated' Libraries CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) - Tony DiLorenzo, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said that the agency had circulated posters of James Lewis to libraries because they had determined that he had been following The Chicago Tribune. ''We knew he was getting copies and we knew he wasn't getting it from newsstands,'' Mr. DiLorenzo said. ''So the logical place was from the public library. We saturated the libraries with wanted flyers.''

Gizmodo.Here’s a great idea for a birth control pill package, where a 24-hour alarm sounds at the time you designate, and when you twist open the case, it stops the alarm. Take a pill, twist the case closed and that alarm is reset for the next day. Careful, though—might be a bit embarassing if that alarm goes off during Mass. (via Health business blog)

Ooh I need that for regular meds! I have bought a pill case with an alarm, but I even found that with that I could stop the alarm and still forget the meds. I used to keep it in my pocket, but if I was doing clinicals, I would just stop the alarm and keep going about my day. I'd usually remember I hadn't taken them by the time the next dose came around! Terrible.. I was cracking up about the alarm going off during mass! I can see it now..)

A private investigator for murder suspect Stacey Castor will testify before an Onondaga County grand jury next week, despite her lawyer's protests. Castor, 41, of Clay, is accused of killing her husband, David Castor, by poisoning him with antifreeze in August 2005. Her lawyer, Charles Keller, argued Monday before County Judge Joseph Fahey that he believes the grand jury testimony would only "further investigate the case." Castor already has been indicted and having Gabriel Ramos, the private investigator, testify would "essentially be a deposition of defense witnesses, " Keller said. At issue seems to be a pill bottle that was recovered from the house after police, using a search warrant, investigated the property at 4127 Wetzel Road. That bottle was turned in to the defense team, prosecutor Victoria Anthony argued, and should have been turned over as potential evidence. "It was not a secured crime scene, " Keller said. "This is an attempt to disparage the defense for secreting evidence." The defense team did not "sneak into the house under cover of night.. Police had a search warrant for that house and at least a dozen officers -- maybe more -- searched every nook and cranny, " Keller said. His obligation to his client precluded "our raising a red flag and saying, 'Here's something you missed.'" When police detectives were done, the contents were either put in storage, thrown out or destroyed in preparation of new owners moving in, Keller said. Ramos already has provided an affidavit to prosecutors. He can have his lawyer, Ed Klein, with him next week when he appears before the grand jury, Fahey ruled. Anthony said the grand jury will look into whether any evidence was tampered with. The lawyers did not say what was in the pill bottle, nor how it related to the case. While lawyers made their points, Castor, dressed in tan jail-issued slacks and a navy shirt, stared straight ahead. Castor also was charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to kill her daughter, Ashley Wallace, with a drug and alcohol overdose in a plot to blame her for the homicide. Although Castor was never charged in the 2000 death of her husband, Michael Wallace, in Cayuga County, prosecutors plan to bring up the similar circumstances and contend she murdered both husbands. The case is scheduled to go to trial in January. Sue Weibezahl Porter can be reached at us or us.

DYER BROOK, Maine — A conversation between a Southern Aroostook Community School official and a student led to an awkward moment when an envelope on the youth containing pills fell to the floor. Deputy Vance Palmer of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department said Monday evening that the incident happened at the school last week during a basketball game. According to Palmer, a school official went into a locker room during the game and started to talk to a male 18-year-old student when an envelope allegedly containing 17 oxycodone pills fell to the floor. School officials called police. Sheriff’s department and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents went to the school and questioned the youth. He was not taken into custody. The student reportedly said that a 17-year-old female juvenile student supplied him with the pills. No charges have been filed so far, according to Palmer, but they are pending against both teens.

Like I said in the last school related drug article, the kids are resorting to pills cause mommy can't smell em on them!!! All Schools should bring in drug sniffing dogs to wipe through all the students..One by One. What about marijuana lolli pops I heard about last year? Kids are walking around mommy and daddy with a lolly pop hanging out of their mouths and no one has a clue what they are really doing! Things are bad these days and the authorities had better revamp their proceedures and the schools had better revamp their policies before too many children are involved! The drug of choice for kids these days isn't pot, it's pills they get from their own medicine cabinests of from a weekend visit to grammy's house! Money to buy them?? These kids steal them from their own homes and sell them for profit at school! I have a teenage son, he and his friends tell me HORROR stories of what these kids are doing in school! Parents had better buck up and pay the hell attention before it's their kid! Mine, well his ball and chain is so damn short he can't move!! I search him, his pockets, and his back pack the second he gets in my car, he isn't allowed to ride the bus, I take him to and from! If he doesn't like it.Oh well.I simply remind him he has 3 more years to put up with my searches and rules! I am the "bit@#" Mom to all my son's friends and to him but guess what? They still hang out here every chance they get!

Kairiendo YOU WENT TO THE WRONG DR. It sounds like you may be addicted. I do agree that it is a bit on the parenting, and if it wasnt the pills it would be alcohol, chicken speed, cigs, or that dangerous old marry jane. There is always something to be addicted to. Rachael1962 RIGHT ON!!! We are paying for the pills b/c it is alot of old people getting their scripts and then selling them b/c they dont get enough on SS to live. Alot of our elders are doning this. I know of 2 on the French Settlement Rd. in Costigan. 1 an old lady & another is an old man w/ cancer. I think if you need a heavy duty drug like an OPE than you should have to go get doesed like the clinic provides now for the junkies. Dont worry about the cost, I think if they did this it might be cheaper. We pay for the junkies to get there now, and there wouldnt be such easy accsss to the pills. Also all the parents need to get off the drugs. Stop with all the anti-depresants and pills for this & that. Life is tough, nobody ever said it was easy. Always looking for that magic pill. Toughen up America. We all used to do it.

Leathergolve. I wonder, how old are you? Are you from my teenage years, longer than that or from the teenage years of now? I don't trust my son, he is naive, immature, influential, and is in a High School FULL of drugs! Damn straight I test him 2x a month.Randomly at the Dr. Office as well as at home if I feel the need! I know plenty of parents who "don't care" or "don't want to know" and I'm not one of them! His father thinks it's overboard at times but until my son turns 18..He's expected to follow my rules! I don't disrespect my child, nor do I feel I infringe on his privacy. He wants leeway..I'll give him leeway, But..I do what's right and responsible in my opinion as a parent! I will not have a drug addicted teenager because it's floating ALL through his high school! I can control what happens when he is home..I cannot control what is going on at School.. Another student at my child's school who is a senior, told me of the kids to keep him from, the ones who smoke dope, the ones who snort and swallow pills, the ones who snort coke, and even showed me pics of 14 year olds from my son's high school who posted pics of themselves smoking dope on the internet!! From soda bottles, to home made bongs, to aluminum foil pipes and red delicious apples! When I saw the pics I was mrtified for 2 of them had been in my home to see my son.That's when the testing started and thankfully I have been blessed that he has not failed a one! So I'm glad your parents trusted you.I on the other hand have no faith in society and this is us. Not 1975!

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New Pill Cases from ThyCa. Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association Help Patients and Support Awareness, Services, and Research

To help patients keep track of their daily pills, while raising awareness of thyroid cancer and the availability of free support services and education, ThyCa. Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. (www. thyca. org) is pleased to offer a handy three-pack of pill cases. Each package includes two seven-day pill cases with large lettering for each day of the week, plus a compact pocket pill case.

The packages of three pill cases are available for $5, and the proceeds benefit ThyCa's outreach, support services, and thyroid cancer research grants. People who join ThyCa as lifetime members receive the package of pill cases at no charge.

With each order or membership, ThyCa also includes free thyroid cancer awareness brochures and plastic wallet cards listing ThyCa's free services and contact information. ThyCa’s web site has photos of the pill cases, wristbands, pins, and other thyroid cancer awareness items, plus the order form (www. thyca. org/Spirit_Items. htm).

We heard many people ask for something to help remember their pills, and we’re here to help, said Leah Guljord, ThyCa Spirit Items Coordinator and thyroid cancer survivor of West Melbourne, Florida.

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Pill Dispenser with Modem and Flashing Light This electronic pill box is a tool for those with complex medication schedules or for those who need an automatic pill dispenser to avoid medication.

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Judgement has been reserved in a High Court test case involving more than 100 women who claim they have been damaged by the third generation contraceptive pill. Judgement has been reserved in a High Court test case involving more than 100 women who claim they have been damaged by the third generation contraceptive pill. After hearing expert evidence in the case, Mr Justice Mackay indicated he is ready to write his judgment, which will be delivered before the end of July. The judge was told by Lord Brennan QC, during the three-month action in London, that some of the women were moderately injured, some suffered "disastrous" injury resulting in lifelong incapacity and some had died as a result. He said their case, the first of its kind under the Consumer Protection Act, said the pills they received were defective. He said the pills carried a higher risk of venous thrombosis embolism (VTE) than the previous generation of pills and there should have been a warning to prescribers and users. But the three manufacturers involved in the case Organon Laboratories, Schering Healthcare and Wyeth have argued crucial epidemiological evidence was flawed by "bias or confounding" because of factors such as the women's ages and new-user effect.

Problem. You have a headache, but you’re far from the medicine cabinet. Solution. The pliable Pecon pill case keeps aspirin (or breath mints) at hand when you’re in transit. And the closure pops open easily to convert to a helpful pill tray. To Buy. www. compactimpact. com.

Magazine, I was asked to fact-check a profile of Barbara Seaman, a pioneer in the women's health movement. I called her and three hours later got off the phone a changed person.

Forget your pills? Nearly everyone does. But now you can always have a sufficient supply with you no matter where you are. Pill Fob fits right on your keychain, weighs just 1.5 oz., and holds 7 standard aspirin-size tablets in its 2" cylinder. Larger Magnum version carries oversized pills like Motrin 800s, and a small sample vial of nitroglycerin tablets will slip right inside! Milled from a solid block of stainless steel, with O-ring seals to keep pills dry.

Welcome to your source for pill crushers and pill crusher information. It is a fact that for many of us—no matter what our age or how healthy we are—that taking medication or pills on a regular basis is becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. And making sure that you are taking your medication properly is an important part of your regular health routine and may be imperative to maintaining your overall level of health and wellness. The problem is that for many of us, taking medication or swallowing an entire pill is an uncomfortable process and could even be one of the most unpleasant parts of our day. The good news is that you can get pill crushers to help making taking your medication or pills more enjoyable. These simple devices make taking your medication easier and more comfortable than you ever thought possible. Instead of having to swallow your pills or medication whole, pill crushers allow you to crush your medication or pill into a fine powder that can then be added to a beverage or food and taken that way instead of having to swallow the whole pill at one time. A regular pill crusher is a container where you put your pill in one compartment to crush it, and then the powder of the pill is moved to another compartment where you can easily access it to put the powder in your food or drink. So whether you have a hard time swallowing whole pills or just do not like to take a whole pill with water, pill crushers may be the perfect solution for your individual needs. An important thing to remember, however, is that not all pills are designed to be crushed, So before you use pill crushers, just make sure to talk with your doctor before you start crushing your medication to take it as some medications must be taken whole. You may also want to consider different methods of taking your pills as well, such as a pill splitter that can perfectly split a pill to make it easier to swallow or to make sure that you get the correct dosage. If you have trouble remembering your medication, you may also want to consider getting a pill container to help organize and carry your medication with you. No matter what you medication needs, we are sure that we will be able to help you. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.

This One Week Pill Case stores all your medication you need for the week. You can place the medication you need to take into the morning, noon, evening and bedtime boxes for each day of the week. Stored in a floral tapestry case.

Unfortunately, the practical and legal realities of the “poison pill” are often difficult to understand. This paper endeavors to help an attorney working as general counsel become familiar enough with the subject to make prudent and informed decisions. First, under the assumption that the reader has little to no familiarity with poison pills, a general background is provided. From there, the major cases of the past ten years are examined and explained. Finally, those cases, as well as the relevant commentary and scholarship on them, are examined from the perspective of an attorney working as general counsel for a corporation.

Frederick J. Coolbroth. 2008. "Ten Years Under the Poison Pill. A Summary and Explanation of the Recent Developments in Poison Pill Case Law Specifically Designed For Attorneys Working as General Counsel" ExpressO Available at.

Shortly before hearings were to recommence in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday, Oracle and PeopleSoft announced that the two companies had agreed to a merger in which Oracle would pay PeopleSoft shareholders the high, high price of $26.50/share. In case you have been on a manned, orbiting spacecraft for the past year and a half, this agreement is the culmination of a hostile takeover launched by Oracle (at $16/share) that has been met with fierce opposition by the PeopleSoft board. The price was first upped to $19.50, then $21, then "final answer" $24. The most interesting wrinkle in this tender offer was the position of the customers of PeopleSoft. In most mergers, any retail customers of either party are usually scattered and, as a result, silent. In this case, the customers that would be affected were users of PeopleSoft's payroll software, which are by definition the largest customers you can imagine. entire state governments, entire state university systems and private university systems. PeopleSoft used the spectre of hurting these influential customers to spark antitrust litigation and to fashion an ingenious poison pill. Unfortunately, now we will not find out if the Court of Chancery would have upheld the board of directors' use of that pill. PeopleSoft already had a traditional poison pill in place, which would give existing shareholders the right to purchase additional stock at discount prices (50%) should an offeror acquire 20% of the outstanding stock. These defense mechanisms dilute the tender offeror's holding and greatly increases the expense of a tender offer. (The most "successful" poison pill was Pennzoil's poison pill that eventually scared off Union Pacific, a lost opportunity that many blame for the ultimate downfall of Pennzoil.) In addition, PeopleSoft adopted a Customer Assurance Plan, which gave contractual rights to its customers in the event of a change of control and decrease in customer service. The estimated cost to Oracle of the CAP was estimated to be between $1.5 and $2 billion. Would adopting this innovative plan be defensible under the modified Business Judgment Rule? Ironically, on Monday, the WSJ was reading the tea leaves of the Oracle/Peoplesoft litigation to predict a Delaware retreat on poison pills. Apparently in the past month Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr. had made several off-the-cuff remarks that he is no fan of the PeopleSoft poison pill. Added to the fact that he has made similar remarks over the years regarding poison pills generally, one might wonder whether he would have viewed this case as an example of a board of directors misusing a poison pill. However, this case will be dismissed as part of the merger agreement, so we will never know. Gordon may have crossed paths with Chancellor Strine at Skadden's Delaware office, so he may have an inside view. Of course, our Skadden demigod Joe Flom definitely has his ideas about poison pills. The Hamilton & Booth Corporate Finance textbook (pages 820-21) recounts a humorous story of Mr. Flom and Marty Lipton fighting over whether a Harvard Law School student's note on poison pills should have been published during the pendency of the Moran v. Household International, Inc. case (500 A.2d 1346 (Del. 1985)). Mr. Flom and Mr. Lipton were on opposites of that poison pill case, and Mr. Flom believed that the student's pro-poison pill note had been unduly influenced by his summer clerkship with Mr. Lipton's firm, Wachtell, Lipton. The piece was ultimately published under the title "Protecting Shareholders Against Partial and Two-Tiered Takeovers. The "Poison Pill Preferred.'"

This One Week Pill Case stores all your medication you need for the week. You can place the medication you need to take into the morning, noon, evening and bedtime boxes for each day of the week. Stored in a floral tapestry case.

And 2 lids. Buy two sets to set up medicines for 10 days. Or buy 6 sets and set up 30 days worth of medications. Use a magic marker or adhesive labels to label individual sections units for days of week or for times of day. This spill resistant, transparent sturdy plastic pill box has cases that screw together into a tower. no "snap" down lids to come undone. Unscrew and line up for "assembly line" fills.

If you're going past third base, make sure to be prepared! Be safe and stylish with this brushed steel condom caddy featuring a retro-inspired image of a baseball player. Ideal for pockets, purses and nightstands. The caddy holds three condoms and can do double duty as a pill case. Made in Los Angeles.

This pill organizer keeps your dosage easy and accessible. Features contoured pill bays for Morn, Noon, Eve and Bed. Pill bays are fcontoured for ease of pill removal. Each lide conveniently snaps shut to keep your medications safe and dry. The case slides open for easy storage. Product dimensions (imperial). 8 inch H x 1.3 inch L x 4 inch WProduct dimensions (metric). 203.20 mm H x 33.02 mm L x 101.60 mm W

When the Pill was introduced in 1960, it was simple to use and nearly 100% effective. To many women, it seemed like the perfect contraceptive. Early on, however, women taking the original 10-milligram high-dose pill suffered from a wide variety of side effects. Most complaints were mild, such as nausea, bloating, weight gain and depression. Many women willingly suffered these ailments in exchange for such highly effective birth control. What few realized was that the available formulation of the Pill also posed potentially life-threatening health hazards. First Problems Reported Less than two years after the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pill, word began to filter into the inner circle of the FDA and the drug companies of more serious side effects. There were reports of blood clots, strokes --and possible links to cancer. As early as 1962, the manufacturer of the birth control pill Enovid, G. D. Searle and Company, received reports of 132 cases of blood clots in Pill users. Eleven of the cases resulted in death. Searle maintained that there was no conclusive proof that the Pill caused those deaths, and the FDA assured doctors the drug was safe. Complaints Dismissed From the very beginning, a significant number of women complained of discomfort from the Pill and switched to other methods. When women wanted to discuss the side effects with their doctors, they often met with frustration. It was common for their complaints to be dismissed as exaggerated. In other cases their ailments were just considered the price that women had to pay in return for such an effective contraceptive. Lack of Information When it came to the more serious health risks associated with the Pill, the problem grew more complex. Gynecologist and obstetricians were not always aware of dangers associated with the new drug. Neither the drug companies nor the FDA provided doctors with much information on potential side effects due to the Pill. Most problematic of all was the fact that the gynecologists and obstetricians prescribing the Pill were not seeing a lot of patients with serious side effects. It wasn't that these patients didn't exist. But when womens' symptoms seemed unrelated to their reproductive health, they turned to other doctors instead. Non-Reproductive Problems Unaware that their problems were due to the Pill, most women with serious non-reproductive health problems went to see medical specialists. Someone with blurred vision would be referred to an opthalmologist. A woman experiencing depression would see a psychiatrist. Those suffering from strokes were treated by neurologists. These patients in turn seldom told their prescribing doctors about their treatments for conditions not directly related to their reproductive health. And in the early years, the specialists caring for these women were not aware of the Pill's dangers either. In some cases, doctors may not have even asked patients if they were on the Pill when they took case histories. It didn't seem relevant. With so little information-sharing between patients, gynecologists and specialists, doctors were slow to see the link between Pill use and serious side effects. Investigation and Hearings During the second half of the 1960s, major newspapers started reporting on the problems with the Pill, but aside from some inconclusive FDA probes, little action was taken to investigate the problem. It took the publication of A Doctor's Case Against the Pill, a groundbreaking book by feminist journalist Barbara Seaman, to bring awareness of the Pill's dangerous side effects to the attention of the medical establishment, government and general public. Influenced by Seaman's book, U. S. Senator Gaylord Nelson convened Senate hearings on the safety of the Pill. The male-dominated hearings became a platform for radical feminists to demand that women taking the Pill be informed of all the drug's potential dangers and side effects.

The Tapestry Pill Case is seven day pill organiser that can be used to organise the whole weeks pills into compartments for morning, noon, evening and night. The organiser comes in a tapestry design case and each days compartment can be removed to carry with the user.

When the Pill was introduced in 1960, it was simple to use and nearly 100% effective. To many women, it seemed like the perfect contraceptive. Early on, however, women taking the original 10-milligram high-dose pill suffered from a wide variety of side effects. Most complaints were mild, such as nausea, bloating, weight gain and depression. Many women willingly suffered these ailments in exchange for such highly effective birth control. What few realized was that the available formulation of the Pill also posed potentially life-threatening health hazards. First Problems Reported Less than two years after the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pill, word began to filter into the inner circle of the FDA and the drug companies of more serious side effects. There were reports of blood clots, strokes --and possible links to cancer. As early as 1962, the manufacturer of the birth control pill Enovid, G. D. Searle and Company, received reports of 132 cases of blood clots in Pill users. Eleven of the cases resulted in death. Searle maintained that there was no conclusive proof that the Pill caused those deaths, and the FDA assured doctors the drug was safe. Complaints Dismissed From the very beginning, a significant number of women complained of discomfort from the Pill and switched to other methods. When women wanted to discuss the side effects with their doctors, they often met with frustration. It was common for their complaints to be dismissed as exaggerated. In other cases their ailments were just considered the price that women had to pay in return for such an effective contraceptive. Lack of Information When it came to the more serious health risks associated with the Pill, the problem grew more complex. Gynecologist and obstetricians were not always aware of dangers associated with the new drug. Neither the drug companies nor the FDA provided doctors with much information on potential side effects due to the Pill. Most problematic of all was the fact that the gynecologists and obstetricians prescribing the Pill were not seeing a lot of patients with serious side effects. It wasn't that these patients didn't exist. But when womens' symptoms seemed unrelated to their reproductive health, they turned to other doctors instead. Non-Reproductive Problems Unaware that their problems were due to the Pill, most women with serious non-reproductive health problems went to see medical specialists. Someone with blurred vision would be referred to an opthalmologist. A woman experiencing depression would see a psychiatrist. Those suffering from strokes were treated by neurologists. These patients in turn seldom told their prescribing doctors about their treatments for conditions not directly related to their reproductive health. And in the early years, the specialists caring for these women were not aware of the Pill's dangers either. In some cases, doctors may not have even asked patients if they were on the Pill when they took case histories. It didn't seem relevant. With so little information-sharing between patients, gynecologists and specialists, doctors were slow to see the link between Pill use and serious side effects. Investigation and Hearings During the second half of the 1960s, major newspapers started reporting on the problems with the Pill, but aside from some inconclusive FDA probes, little action was taken to investigate the problem. It took the publication of A Doctor's Case Against the Pill, a groundbreaking book by feminist journalist Barbara Seaman, to bring awareness of the Pill's dangerous side effects to the attention of the medical establishment, government and general public. Influenced by Seaman's book, U. S. Senator Gaylord Nelson convened Senate hearings on the safety of the Pill. The male-dominated hearings became a platform for radical feminists to demand that women taking the Pill be informed of all the drug's potential dangers and side effects.

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Your thoughtfulness will shine through as you make your Valentine's life easier by giving her a trendy birth control pill case with a built-in alarm. These come in both rectangular and circular designs and accommodate most brands of combined oral contraceptives. All she needs to do is place her pill case into the pillpak, set the time and the alarm, and this functional pill container will remind her each day that it is time to take her pill!

Shortly before hearings were to recommence in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday, Oracle and PeopleSoft announced that the two companies had agreed to a merger in which Oracle would pay PeopleSoft shareholders the high, high price of $26.50/share. In case you have been on a manned, orbiting spacecraft for the past year and a half, this agreement is the culmination of a hostile takeover launched by Oracle (at $16/share) that has been met with fierce opposition by the PeopleSoft board. The price was first upped to $19.50, then $21, then "final answer" $24. The most interesting wrinkle in this tender offer was the position of the customers of PeopleSoft. In most mergers, any retail customers of either party are usually scattered and, as a result, silent. In this case, the customers that would be affected were users of PeopleSoft's payroll software, which are by definition the largest customers you can imagine. entire state governments, entire state university systems and private university systems. PeopleSoft used the spectre of hurting these influential customers to spark antitrust litigation and to fashion an ingenious poison pill. Unfortunately, now we will not find out if the Court of Chancery would have upheld the board of directors' use of that pill. PeopleSoft already had a traditional poison pill in place, which would give existing shareholders the right to purchase additional stock at discount prices (50%) should an offeror acquire 20% of the outstanding stock. These defense mechanisms dilute the tender offeror's holding and greatly increases the expense of a tender offer. (The most "successful" poison pill was Pennzoil's poison pill that eventually scared off Union Pacific, a lost opportunity that many blame for the ultimate downfall of Pennzoil.) In addition, PeopleSoft adopted a Customer Assurance Plan, which gave contractual rights to its customers in the event of a change of control and decrease in customer service. The estimated cost to Oracle of the CAP was estimated to be between $1.5 and $2 billion. Would adopting this innovative plan be defensible under the modified Business Judgment Rule? Ironically, on Monday, the WSJ was reading the tea leaves of the Oracle/Peoplesoft litigation to predict a Delaware retreat on poison pills. Apparently in the past month Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr. had made several off-the-cuff remarks that he is no fan of the PeopleSoft poison pill. Added to the fact that he has made similar remarks over the years regarding poison pills generally, one might wonder whether he would have viewed this case as an example of a board of directors misusing a poison pill. However, this case will be dismissed as part of the merger agreement, so we will never know. Gordon may have crossed paths with Chancellor Strine at Skadden's Delaware office, so he may have an inside view. Of course, our Skadden demigod Joe Flom definitely has his ideas about poison pills. The Hamilton & Booth Corporate Finance textbook (pages 820-21) recounts a humorous story of Mr. Flom and Marty Lipton fighting over whether a Harvard Law School student's note on poison pills should have been published during the pendency of the Moran v. Household International, Inc. case (500 A.2d 1346 (Del. 1985)). Mr. Flom and Mr. Lipton were on opposites of that poison pill case, and Mr. Flom believed that the student's pro-poison pill note had been unduly influenced by his summer clerkship with Mr. Lipton's firm, Wachtell, Lipton. The piece was ultimately published under the title "Protecting Shareholders Against Partial and Two-Tiered Takeovers. The "Poison Pill Preferred.'"

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As hardware virtualization technology gets more and more widespread, many machines will be running with virtualization mode enabled, no matter whether blue pilled or not. In that case blue pill-like malware doesn’t need to cheat that virtualization is not enabled, as it’s actually expected that virtualization is being used for some legitimate purposes. In that case using a "blue pill detector", that in fact is just a generic virtualization detector is completely pointless. Obviously in such scenarios blue pill-like malware must support nested hypervisors. And this is what we have implemented in our New Blue Pill. We can run tens of blue pills inside each other and they all work! You can try it by yourself, but you should disable comport debug output to do more then twenty nested pills. We still fail at running Virtual PC 2007 as a nested hypervisor (when it’s guest switches to protected mode), but we hope to have this fixed in the coming weeks (please note that VPC’s hypervisor doesn’t block blue pill from loading – see our slides for more info).In other words, if somebody announces to the world that they can fight virtualization based malware using generic virtualization detectors, it’s like if they said that they can detect e. g. a botnet agent, just by detecting that an executable is using networking!

We posted the full source code of out New Blue Pill here. We believe that it will help other researchers to to analyze this threat and hopefully we will find a good solution soon, before this ever become widespread. Happy bluepilling! On a side note. now I can also explain (if this is not clear already) how we were planning to beat our challengers. We would simply ask them to install Virtual Server 2005 R2 on all the test machines and we would install our New Blue Pill on just a few of them. Then their wonderful detectors would simply detect that all the machines have SVM mode enabled, but that would be a completely useless information. Yes, we still believe we would need a couple of months to get our proof-of-concept to the level we would be confident that we will win anyway (e. g. if they used memory scanning for some “signature). BTW, you might be wondering why I introduced the “no CPU peek for more then 1s” requirement? I will leave finding an answer as an exercise from a psychology to my dear readers.)

ALICE!!! If I lost a birth control pill down the sink and I just resumed with the next day's pill right away, although I will be missing one pill at the end of my 28 day cycle, is that OK? Can I just do an eight day placebo week, instead of seven, and then start my next pack like normal? Or should I start the next pack one day early? Or what? HELP! I'm confused..

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This cased is based on the actual development, FDA approval, and market withdrawal of dexfenfluramine, a drug used in the late nineties in combination with phentermine for weight loss (commonly referred to as fen-phen). It is used as an example of the prescription drug approval process and how it works in the United States. Most people think that if they are taking a prescription drug, it must work and it must be safe. Very few understand what is involved in developing a new prescription drug. With the recent explosion in mergers between pharmaceutical companies, and the recent withdrawal of a number of drugs from the marketplace, drug development and approval has come under increased scrutiny. In the United States, prescription drugs are approved for market by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). The drug approval process is a long, tedious, and expensive process. However, once (and if) a drug is approved, the potential financial gain for the company can be enormous. This case study allows the student to evaluate the process and develop an understanding of what is involved. They can then decide for themselves if the process is adequate. This case will be used in a senior, small animal science class with about 45 students. It is planned for four to five 50-minute periods. It is applicable to any science major, and particularly those students who may go on to graduate school or work in research. It is expected to be particularly useful for our students, since many of them go on to work in the pharmaceutical industry. The objectives are broad, but the study could be modified to enhance just one or two of the objectives. This case study allows the student to incorporate critical thinking with research. It incorporates information about a disease process, treatment, and the possible ramifications of treatment. It also requires the student to make an informed decision.

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Note. The information requested is not difficult to find. Information on the majority of topics can be found in various places on the FDA home page. The most difficult part for the students will be sifting through the vast amount of scientific and nonscientific literature on fen-phen. History Since approximately 2 million prescriptions are filled in the U. S. every year, safety and efficacy is a major concern. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of all drugs in the United States. The first law in this area was the Food and Drugs Act of 1906, which only provided standards for strength and purity, not safety. In 1938 the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was passed. It revamped the Act of 1906. At this time the producer had to show that the drug was safe. The Kefauver-Harris amendment in 1962 was in direct response to the thalidomide tragedy. Drug companies now had to prove that the drug was not only safe but efficacious also. Adverse reactions now had to be reported to the FDA and the risks as well as the benefits of the drug had to be provided. The FD&C Act is a law that is being updated and clarified on a regular basis. It is important for the students to understand that it is an evolving process. Problems will and have occurred, initiating many of the changes. However, no drug can ever be proven completely safe - there is always a risk of an allergic or adverse reaction. Sources. The Evolution of U. S. Drug Law - A Brief History of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Donna Hamilton - Thalidomide Thalidomide is an excellent example of how the drug approval process works to our benefit. Thalidomide was a sedative utilized to treat nausea in pregnant woman in Europe and other countries in the 1950’s. A marked increase in babies with severe limb deformities such as "flipper" arms and/or legs was observed in these countries and this increase was directly linked to the use of thalidomide during pregnancy. It is reported that somewhere between 10,000–20,000 children were affected in 46 countries. Thalidomide was never approved for use in the United States, although some children with deformities were seen because of the drug being obtained outside of the U. S. or because the company gave samples to physicians to distribute before market approval, which was allowed at that time. The FDA was pressured to approve thalidomide but had concerns about the safety of the drug, although testing in pregnant women was not required at that time. The link between limb deformities and thalidomide was then observed and the company that produced thalidomide withdrew the request for FDA approval. Because of the thalidomide tragedy, drug safety and approval came under the scrutiny of the public, initiating the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendment of 1962. Thalidomide brought attention to the fact that taking certain drugs during critical times in pregnancy related to fetal development have the potential to have profound effects on the unborn baby. Thalidomide caused the birth defects by inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels, a critical component of limb development in the growing fetus. It has several modes of action in the body and continues to be studied. It was approved by the FDA in 1999 for use in treating certain side effects of leprosy and is being considered for treatment of diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. However, even though approved, its use must be strictly controlled, particularly if it is to be used in women of child bearing age. Sources. Giving Thalidomide a Second Chance, Herbert Burkholtz - The Right Lesson to Learn from Thalidomide, Steven Harris - "Thalidomide as Hope," Huntly Collins, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 29, 1999. The Drug Development Process A drug doesn't just show up at the pharmacy – it takes a great deal of basic research, screening, and animal testing before it is allowed to go into human clinical trials. Then the clinical trials must be completed and the results approved by the FDA before the drug can be put on the market. This takes a great deal of time, effort, and money, often taking 8 to 15 years and approximately 360 million dollars. Before a drug is started through the maize of the drug approval process, there must first be data indicating that the drug looks promising. The purpose of this section is to show the students how a drug is developed, screened, and tested in animals to collect preliminary data. There is no one set way a drug is discovered. The research process is complex and takes cooperation between chemists, physiologist, pharmacologists, toxicologists, statisticians, and many others. There may be a search for specific drugs to treat a specific problem, where thousands of compounds are produced by the chemists and screened for specific activity (high through-put screening), or a drug may be found by serendipity whereby in screening a compound for one activity another activity is discovered (e. g., Rogaine, used to stimulate hair growth, was originally under review as a cardiac drug). All methods require basic research to understand how the body works and how we can manipulate that knowledge for our benefit. Once a promising compound is identified, it must then go through a battery of screening processes to understand how it works, how to get it to where it is needed, and to see if there are any potential negative side effects. The screening process may include computer modeling, tissue culture, and studies with micro-organisms. If the compound continues to look promising and without negative side effects, animal testing will begin. Animal testing is performed to understand what happens to the drug (how is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted) and to ensure safety. Animal testing requires compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The AWA provides basic information on how research animals are to be taken care of, including veterinary care, basic husbandry and sanitation, and environmental requirements. However, the AWA only covers specific species. it does not cover rats and mice bred for research and rats and mice are the majority of animals used in research. The AWA also requires each institution to form an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) which is responsible for overseeing all animal research. The purpose is to ensure humane treatment of all research animals. The USDA has the responsibility to enforce the AWA and they inspect each registered facility. The inspections are unannounced. If an institution receives government funding for research involving animals, it must also abide by the Public Health Service Policy and the Guide for the Care and Use of Animals. Many compounds do not make it through animal testing. It is estimated that only 5 out of 5000 compounds go on to human clinical trials because they may not work as expected or have unexpected toxic effects. If a compound makes it through the process, the company then organizes the data and submits an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the FDA for review. The research studies must have been performed following government mandated Good Laboratory Practices (GLP's). GLP's require the writing and following of standard operating procedures and quality assurance reviews of all procedures and work performed. If the FDA feels the data indicates efficacy and safety, human clinical trials may begin. Testing prior to human clinical trials is referred to as preclinical testing. Sources. The Beginning. Laboratory and Animal Studies, Jeffrey Cohn - The Animal Welfare Act, The Guide for the Care and Use of Animals - Good Laboraory Practices (GLP's) - Drug Approval Process Once a company submits an IND to the FDA, the FDA has 30 days to reject it. If the IND is not rejected, human clinical trials can begin. All clinical trials must be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB is responsible for ensuring appropriate disclosure and treatment of everyone enrolled in clinical trials. There are three phases of clinical testing which must be performed. Phase I involves testing the drug in a small number (20-80) of normal, healthy people. The purpose is to ensure safety. to see how it is absorbed, metabolized, and excreted. and to determine the frequency of dosing. Phase II clinical trials are designed to test for effectiveness. Approximately us. people with the disease are tested. Phase III requires a large number of people with the disease ( us. ) to continue to look at efficacy and also to look for side effects/toxic reactions. Clinical trials may take 2-5 years to complete. If a drug makes it through clinical trials (1 of 5 drugs entering clinical trials is found useful enough to complete all phases), the company organizes the data showing safety and efficacy and submits a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA. The FDA has 6 months to review the data, although it often takes longer. If the FDA agrees the drug is safe and efficacious, the drug is approved and is given an NDA number. It can now be marketed to physicians. Clinical trials must follow Good Clinical Practices (GCP's) and manufacturing of the drug must follow Good Manufacturer Practices (GMP's). Post market approval, the FDA may require additional or long term testing. This is referred to as Phase IV testing. If problems or toxicity are found after a drug is marketed, manufacturers are require to inform the FDA. The FDA can require market withdrawal if indicated. The use of drugs, in ways or for reasons other than that which they were approved, is referred to as off-label use. Sources. Benefit Vs. Risk. How FDA Approves New Drugs, Dixie Farley - The Drug Development and Approval Process, Bertram Spilker - Testing Drugs in People, Ken Flieger - Fen-phen (dexfenfluramine or fenfluramine and phetermine) Fen-phen refers to the combination of two drugs. fenfluramine or its isomer, dexfenfluramine, and phetermine. All are/were prescription medications, approved by the FDA for the treatment of obesity. Phetermine was approved in 1959, fenfluaramine in 1973, and dexfenfluramine in 1996 (on the market in Europe since 1990). The use of fen-phen is an example of off-label use. The use of the combination was not tested and was not reviewed by the FDA. Dexfenfluramine was approved for short-term use in people that were at least 30% overweight to assist in weight loss. It was to be given only under the supervision of physicians specializing in weight loss, and used only in conjunction with diet and exercise programs. Studies indicate that it was effective, helping 60% of patients loose up to 10% of their body weight. Dexfenfluramine was found to be more effective than its relative and earlier version fenfluramine. Both work by inhibiting the re-upake of serotonin at the synaptic junction and also causes the increase release of serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is felt to inhibit the feeling of hunger. One year after the approval of dexfenfluramine, it was estimated that 85,000 prescriptions were being written each week. Phentermine is an amphetamine that increases the release of the neurotransmitter, dopamine, which is also important in the formation of epinephrine. Thus it has a stimulatory affect on the CNS. In 1997, at the Mayo Clinic, a cluster of cases of cardiac valvular disease was observed in people taking fen-phen. Studies were then begun to see if there was a true relationship between fen-phen and the disease. Incidences of valvular problems were then reported with the use of fenfluramine and dexfenfluarmine alone. Initial reports indicated that 30% of people taking the drugs had an abnormal echocardiogram. In the summer of 1997 the FDA published a health advisory. Later that year the FDA called for a voluntary removal of dexfenfluramine from the market. The company voluntarily withdrew both dexfenfluramine and fenfluramine from the marketplace in the fall of 1997. A withdrawal of phentermine was not requested. The cause and effect relationship between the use of the drugs and cardiac valvular disease has not been proven. There are conflicting studies in the literature, with some supporting the cause and effect relationship and others finding none. Sources. Questions and Answers about Withdrawal of Fenfluramine and Dexfenfluramine - Weight Loss Drug Update - Wee, Christana C., "Risk for Valvular Heart Disease Among Users of Fenfluramine and Dexfenfluramine Who Underwent Echocardiography Before Use of Medication." JAMA vol281 i4 p308, Jan 27,1999. Fricker, Janet. "Balancing the risk of anti-obesity pills." The Lancet vol349 n9062 p1374, May 10, 1997. Pulmonary Hypertension/Cardiac Valvular Disease Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious, life threatening disease process involving the cardiopulmonary system. It can be secondary, where it is associated with another condition, or it can be primary, when no cause for its occurrence is found. Diagnosis is based on a mean pulmonary arterial blood pressure of 25 mm Hg at rest or 30 mm Hg during exercise. PH is rare. It is estimated that 1-2 people out of a million adults in the general population will develop PH. It usually occurs in young adults and is twice as likely to be seen women as compared to men. Clinical signs include fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, leg swelling, and chest pain/pressure. It often progresses to right heart failure with continued deterioration and death. Treatment at this time may alleviate symptoms to some extent but does not cure the disease. It was known that there was an increased risk of PH when taking dexfenfluramine. The company estimated the risk at 23-46 cases per million people. The company, as well as the FDA, was aware of this potential risk. It was felt that the health risk due to obesity was greater than the potential risk of developing PH. Cardiac Valvular Disease (CDV) is a cardiovascular disease involving one or more of the four valves of the heart. The problem is caused by one or more of the valves not closing properly, due to being too stiff or tight (stenosis) or leaking (regurgitation). The result is a heart that has to work harder to pump the blood effectively. With severe valvular problems, right or left heart failure may occur. Many people with CDV do not have any clinical signs. However, a heart murmur may be found on oscultation or abnormalities may be seen on an echocardiogram. If the disease is severe, the person may have shortness of breath, fatique, chest pain, or swelling of the ankles or legs. Symptoms can usually be controlled by medication. However, if severe, valve replacement surgery may be required. Valvular regurgitation is the most common type observed in relation to fenfluramine. Sources. Mayo Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic - Valvular Heart Disease -

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