You are again mistaking one thing for another. Touting something as safe does not mean it is safe, not does it mean it is 100% safe. I never said the pill was safe. I never said it was 100% safe. I said it was TOUTED as safe. Perhaps you should use a dictionary and look up the meaning of the word. Here, let me do it for you since it apparently hasn’t occured to you yet.
Tout: “to praise or publicize loudly or extravagantly”
Take, for instance, what the FDA says:
“On the whole, the contraceptive choices that Americans have are very safe and effective,” says Dennis Barbour, former president of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, “but a method that is very good for one woman may be lousy for another.”
and
“Birth control pills are safe for most women—safer even than delivering a baby—but they carry some risks.”
“An international study published in the September 1996 journal Contraception concluded that women’s risk of breast cancer 10 years after going off birth control pills was no higher than that of women who had never used the pill.”
Notice, they are not denying there are risks. Either am I. They are, however, saying it is safe.
WebMD says:
“Birth control pills don’t increase the risk of death from any cause in women except those who smoke, according to a 35-year study.
“The research appears in the July 17 issue of The Lancet but quicklypoints out there is one exception to that rule —a woman taking birth control pills has a greater chance of getting cervical cancer.
“Benefits of Birth Control Pill Outweigh the Risks”
Get it now?
And to make sure you DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE YET AGAIN...
1) I never said the pill was safe.
2) I never said it was 100% safe.
3) The fact that they are touted as safe does not make them safe.
4) The fact that they are touted as safe does not mean that there are no risks.
There are risks with every medication known to man. Generally speaking, most people can take most medications without any problems but there are risks. Each individual has the freedom to choose whether the risks are ones they’re willing to take. We had patients who were on Celebrex and it gave them a wonderful quality of life. Some stopped taking it, some continued it.
Just having breasts puts women at risk for breast cancer. Not much we can do about that.