Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills

Title

Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:32

Description

Dominic Waghorn reports on the stream of enquiries by panicked women following health warnings by the government’s Committee on the Safety of Medecine (CSM) yesterday that seven brands of the contraceptive pill pose a higher than normal risk of thrombosis, and on the row over the warnings, based on the findings of three reports. Includes coverage of telephone enquiries to a Shepherd’s Bush family planning centre and interview with manager Gill Holden; concerned reaction from two women; comment from author of one of the reports, Canadian Professor Walter Spitzer; CSM Chairman Michael Rawlins; medical correspondent Dr Patrick Dixon.

Contributors

Dominic Waghorn; Patrick Dixon; Michael Rawlins; Gill Holden; Walter Spitzer

Keywords

Reports; Oral contraceptives; Safety; Family planning; Thrombosis; Committee on the Safety of Medicines

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