European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No contraceptive is 100 percent effective but the Pill comes up photo continued from Page 13 other method at some time in their the numbers drop drastically for other types of birth a recent Gallup poll on attitudes and knowl Edge of contraception led the president of the american College of obstetricians and gynaecologists cog to say that it confirmed concerns that Many americans Are Gros sly misinformed about the health risks and benefits of birth control the poll indicated that Many women think the Pill is riskier than it is and that it is More dangerous than preg this Type of thinking was of concern to military doctors despite the miracles of modern pregnancy is a risky condition for they pregnancy carries a death rate of 10 per while the Pill is five per chief Obyn doctors and other physicians in the air Force and Navy in Europe said they had no hesitation in prescribing birth control pills to except to those Over 35 who smoke and those with particular health problems that could be compounded by the Medica some wont prescribe the Pill for women 35 or the Only time it is safer to be pregnant than on the Pill is when the woman is Over 40 and said Jacqueline chief of the clinical Medicine division of the air Frederic Jackson senior medical offi naval United said he feels obligated to prescribe the Best contraception possible if a woman does not want to become either because she does not want children or because she has a health condition that would the worst thing you can do is not give adequate pregnancy is a dangerous Jackson doctors say it is important that a doctor or Obyn nurse fraction or talk with the patient and tailor the method of contraception to they require that women give a health history and be the Pill would not be recommended for a woman with a history of blood for a woman who wont regularly take the Pill or use a diaphragm might be better off with an id intrauterine which is inserted by a and a woman who has religious convictions against using a contraceptive could improve her chances of avoiding pregnancy by the rhythm method if she knows How to determine the time of ovulation by changes in her body this is what the military doctors had to say about the various types of birth control the the most commonly prescribed Oral contains two synthetic female hormones that prevent an egg from being released by the most doctors who prescribe the Pill prefer to prescribe the lower to help avoid any Side the Federal food and drug administration Fra says the Pill has an effectiveness rate of 97 to 99 which Means 1 to 3 percent of women who use them can expect to become pregnant in a year of Morgan said doctors no longer recommend stopping usage of the Pill for a year to women with a history of heart and blood vessel problems should not take the the doctors studies have shown Little problems with a plastic or  device that is inserted into the uterus by a doctor or trained it is not certain How the device although a woman should Check periodically for the string attached to the id to make sure that the device is in she does not have to take other birth control the id is 95 to 96 percent the military doctors had mixed feelings about the the method is but not All women can use the id can cause bleeding and serious some wont prescribe an id for a woman who Hast had one or two because of difficulties that women without children have in using some doctors wont prescribe them at Richard the Obyn Consul Tant to the 7th medical expressed concern about Possi ble complications that could Lead to i tend to discourage Luis for those for whom fertilization is said who is also chief of the Obyn department at the army Hospital in land he would consider prescribing the id if a patient cant or wont take other effective John head of obstetrics at the Navy Hospital at said he requires a woman who receives an id to sign a form indicating that she has been informed of and understands the Possi ble hazards of that birth control the Dalton one Type of was withdrawn from the Market after its association with increased risk of infection and septic for sterilization is a surgical procedure known As tubal which involves tying or sealing the tubes that carry the egg from the ovary to the for a Vasectomy involves the severing of the tubes that carry sperm from the testes to the sterilization is More than 99 percent effective for men and according to the the doctors agreed that sterilization for either women or men must be considered permanent even though in some cases the surgery can be counselling is very we try to make sure no one is going in with a mistaken Ferguson they said they normally would not recommend sterilization for a Young woman with one child or the 26 year old Soldier with two children was turned Down for sterilization by a doctor who Felt was too Young to decide on the permanent Dinmore said he feels its ill advised to sterilize a single new or second marriages Are a common reason for women coming Back and asking for the tubal ligation to be he some doctors will consider sterilizing a childless women if she is 30 or or has serious Gneco logical or emotional the 32yearold divorced Soldier with no children found an army doctor willing to do the operation after doctors turned her Down for several the doctor cancelled out the Day before the scheduled operation last but she sought and got another he later told her that he originally cancelled to make sure that she really wanted the never Ever have i regretted i dont want to have she if i meet Hes going to love me if i want kids or doctors recommend that the spouse be included in sterilization if we see someone getting marital counselling and then coming in for that in the for the said although some physicians recommend against sterili7i Tion because of possible they said the com plications rate is the length of time a woman must wait for sterilization to be scheduled depends on the hospitals generally it is considered elective surgery so it gets a Low normally a woman spends the night in the Hospital after the operation vasectomies can be done on an outpatient Ferguson and other military doctors said they believe there is a higher acceptance of vasectomies among Mili tary men than among civilian men in the Barrier a Best used with a is a Dom shaped rubber cup that is inserted to cover the opening into the while the diaphragm must be fitted by a doctor or specially trained the woman inserts it herself each time before r the diaphragm used with spermicide is 80 to 98 per cent the military doctors said the problems with the diaphragm generally result from irregular or improper some women find its use distracting from the spontaneity of or Are uncomfortable about using some users May suffer bladder there Are similar inhibitions about the use Only of Sper which May be bought Over the counter at some women might suffer allergic reactions to particular when used spermicides Are 70 to 80 percent new on the and available in Many military exchanges in is the known As and made by Ali the which Doest require any additional creams or prevents pregnancy through a combination of spermicidal and absorptive it can be inserted hours before Intercourse and provide Protection for 24 the which is is 80 to 87 percent Ali cautions any woman experiencing two or More of the warning signs of toxic Shock syndrome to immediately consult her doctor or those signs include muscular dizziness and a rash similar to the military doctors have had Little experience with some reporting concerns about the possibility of toxic Shock syndrome while others saying they Haven heard of any the a thin is slipped Over the erect Penis just before it can be fairly effective if used correctly and in conjunction with the woman using a vaginal condoms Are 64 to 97 percent and provide Good Protection against sexually transmitted Dis like other Barrier the condom May inhibit some men dont like it because it reduces this method requires a woman to avoid Intercourse during the time of although generally far less reliable than other methods of birth rhythm is important for women who for health or other personal reasons do not want to use those other meth it is difficult to calculate this because Only 8 percent of women of childbearing age have regular menstrual travel and infection also May alter the time of uvula the effectiveness of the rhythm method can be improved by stringent and by using a method based on changes in body temperature or mucous secretions of the the search for the male Pill sperm transport there Are More than 350 million sperm in a single ejaculate up to a fourth Are abnormal in enzymes must dissolve semen mucus before sperm can move at enzymes allow about a million sperm to enter uterus uterine contractions carry sperm toward fallopian tube Only thousand sperm enter tube although about a Hundred sperm reach the Only one sperm fuses with the ovum nucleus Chicago Tribune source Rand Man Alec Atlas by Lawrence Kilman associated press in the 25 years since the Pill was millions of dollars have been spent searching for a drug that would allow men to share the routine and responsibility of birth researchers have proceeded along several ave some have investigated drugs that disrupt a brain hormone that controls sperm others Are work ing with a yellow pigment found in Cotton seeds that still others Are working with vac All methods have Promise and serious none will be on the Market said Gabriel chief of the contraceptive development Branch of the National institutes of Here Are some of the directions the search for the male Pill is taking doctors have found some drugs that disrupt the production of or Lute ionizing hormone releasing Hor a brain chemical involved in the drugs inhibit sperm but they also abolish sex Ual doctors Are seeking ways to inhibit sperm production without affecting sex injections of male hormones May do the doctors studying an infertility epidemic in Rural China in the 1970s traced the problem to eating raw Cotton seed when the Oil was Fertility since More than chinese men have been involved in tests of a pigment in Cotton seeds that inhibits sperm production without destroying sex it is taken in Pill Side effects of Goss pol May include a drop in blood potassium which can Lead to irreversible muscle weakness and research is currently focused on whether smaller doses of Goss pol reduce the toxic effects while still inhibiting sperm chemists also Are trying to produce a synthetic some researchers Are seeking a vaccine that would inhibit sperm research is still in preliminary but doctors dream of a maintained by periodic Booster that would maintain infertility until the boosters were whatever form the male Pill couples will have to cooperate for it to be it will take a special relationship for use of the male said Sheldon director of the Rockefeller foundations Center for population it is the female who gets if the Man forgets to take his he in but Shes the one who is new methods of contraception by William Kronholm associated press new developments in contraception could dramatically change birth control methods in the next decade As researchers overcome defects that make current methods inconvenient or scientists a House science and technology subcommittee has been told that such methods include hormone capsules that provide five years Protection when implanted under a woman skin and nasal sprays for men that inhibit sperm Robert professor of gynaecology and obstetrics at Emory University school of Medicine in said other types of contraceptive technology considered Likely to be available by 1990 include improved birth control pills and intrauterine cervical Caps for women designed to stay in place for six months to a steroid injections providing Protection for up to 90 improved Means of detecting the beginning of uvula so women can avoid Intercourse when Conception is Likely to vaginal contraceptive rings that Are worn internally for three out of four weeks and secrete contraceptive Hor a morning after Pill to induce Finland already has approved use of the five year contraceptive said Wayne vice president of the population and an application for approval of the device is expected to be filed this a new Pill for which releases hormones that prevent is now in clinical Hatcher while the nasal Spray for men is now undergoing Early More than half the pregnancies that occur in Nijst i a knife the United slates each year Are indicating serious problems with said Richard Lin senior vice president of the Alan Guttmacher inst a private organization that researches population nearly half of the accidental pregnancies end in Abor he suggesting that the fight for belter contraception is one area where supporters and opponents of Legal abortion can we with More acceptable effective Contra Cep theoretically help some 2 million women each year to avoid abortions and Sutof Wedlock he we could also help defuse a controversy thai shows no signs of abatement while abortion rates arc so and at the same time probably reduce child welfare expend sterilization is now the most popular Means of Lincoln but it also illustrates the fact that there is no perfect while the procedure also is for practical purposes and in a 1982 he More than 20 percent of men and women who chose sterilization said they later had second All other types of birth control also have Lincoln we Are not going to see the development of a magic Bullet a contraceptive that is totally entirely Safe and free of unpleasant Side Sim ple to use and he Hatcher said neither the government nor the Public is making it easy for drug companies to find new Oral contraceptives require years of testing before government he and drug companies worry that they May not be Able to recoup development costs before their drug becomes Public there Are fewer and fewer incentives for pharmaceutical companies to invest in the development of a new contraceptive he to Jef 1 i i k us Titi m bit7 i ii evict i w fel1 m Iofi Jiki dry it 61toflf of Ili owl Ofifi ill Milf Al i i m up photo a new system uses these five year capsules which Are injected into the woman Page 14 the stars and stripes May the stars and stripes Page 15