OsideGirl -> RE: birth control (10/5/2005 7:50:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth quote:
For something that has been out that long, i find it hard to believe that this study is accurate. ever heard of diethylstilbestrol? It came out in 1938 and the FDA didn't ban it's use for pregnant women until 1971 when their daughters were dropping dead from cancer and thankfully someone put 2+2 together. this slave stands by her statement that synthetic hormones can screw you up for life and will add that she doesn't need a study to convince her----personal experience is enough for her. The initial use for DES (an artificial estrogen) was to inject it in the final trimester for "bigger, healthier babies". Some studies show that the babies born from this use did not have the issues that the others did. Somewhere in that time period, they discovered that DES if injected during the first trimester it helped prevent miscarriages in women that were prone to it. A large percentage of the female children born from this use of DES developed cervical and vaginal clear cell carcinoma, usually in their early 20s. (mine was diagnosed at 24 and my mother's at age 31) It also caused miriad of other reproductive issues even without the cancer. DES was finally removed from the US market for use in pregnant women in 1971. They are now finding that the children of DES babies are also having reproductive issues due to the drug. The pregnant women that were injected with DES have a higher risk of breast cancer. DES, oddly enough, has been found to be a very effective treatment for Prostate Cancer. DES Baby, Cancer Survivor and living with the effects everyday,
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