Non-Incisional permanent birth control procedure goes to FDA for approval

sacbee.com ^ | April 22, 2002 | (AP)

[let freedom sing]

SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Conceptus Inc. (CPTS) has completed filing of a pre-market approval application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Essure, its non-incisional permanent birth control procedure. In a news release, Conceptus said Essure requires no incisions, and can be performed without general anesthesia.

[let freedom sing]

CPTS spells SCARRING-- that's permanent birth control.

[Hodar]

Yes, ... it's permanent. So, women have a choice, either a non-incisive proceedure, or an incisive (ie. invasive) procedure. Men have only the incisive proceedure, we don't have an option.

[MissMillie]

"The Essure micro-insert is designed to cause a permanent blockage in the Fallopian tube so that sperm cannot reach the egg."

That's from the website. It's meant to be permanent. Sure wish it had been available when I had my tubal ligation.

[MissMillie]

That's true, but the invasive procedure for the male takes about the same amount of time, anesthesia, and recovery as the non-invasive procedure for the female.

[DSHambone]

They've had one day permanent birth control procedures for decades - it's called a vasectomy. Minimal discomfort, minimal side effects, and for the really really brave...reversable!

So come on guys, let's bite the bullet and quit making birth control a woman's responsibility

[Brian Kopp DPM]

"If It Works, Don't Fix It"<

[DSHambone]

Somebody has some major issues about his Johnson...your home page and this look more like problems with power than real medical advice. Enjoy your free swimmers - but be responsible with the horde.

[EggsAckley]

Sounds like a disaster in the making. I can picture the lawsuits in about ten, fifteen years.
Argh.

[Betty Jo]

You are sooo right!

[ikanakattara]

This sounds lovely - little metal springs shoved up into your Fallopian tubes. I bet those little dinguses just stay there right where they're told - and I bet they have no side effects, either - no adhesions, no cramping, no perforation of the tube, no ectopic pregnancies. Uh, huh.

How about this instead? No side effects, no gynecological complications, highly effective.

[let freedom sing]

Any woman who has this procedure, probably will be notified of the "risks" and side-effects-- the company and doctors and PP will use that to shield themselves from lawsuits, except for the few who will undergo this procedure accidently.

[homeschool mama]

**This sounds lovely - little metal springs shoved up into your Fallopian tubes. I bet those little dinguses just stay there right where they're told - and I bet they have no side effects, either - no adhesions, no cramping, no perforation of the tube, no ectopic pregnancies. Uh, huh. **

The IUD was another nightmare for women...and babies. The heavy menses and cramping from that were just one horror...imagine if you will, the horror experiencing with the 'springs'. ugh. I fear this will have severe repercussions in the future.

[homeschool mama]

experiencing = experienced

[ikanakattara]

I don't agree with the population-control focus of this article, but even the radical feminists seem to realize the dangers of IUDs.