medication be available for women? with the fda approval, it will certainly be happening sooner than later, that was a big hurdle. listen, you talked about half 1 million moms. chances are you at home they know someone who has gone through this. maybe you yourself have gone through this. and this is something that historically has had so many stigma around it. the symptoms include trying more than usual after giving birth, we are talking about feeling numb or disconnected from your baby or wearing that you will hurt your baby as you can see the list of symptoms there. so the way that this pill works, you take the pill every day for two weeks, this is really groundbreaking. this will be the first time that you would be able to treat yourself at home. there is another fda approved treatment for postpartum depression that requires to be in the hospital for two weeks. so this is really different and promising for a lot of reasons. the way it works is it targets brain networks responsible
get a prescription or pay for that doctor s visit. meg terrell explains how opill works. it is similar to what is known as the mini pill which only uses progestin. win used perfectly, it is 98% effe effective. importantly the fda put no age redescription on this here and that is something doctors tell me that is important because it is especially younger people who can often have trouble getting prescription contraception. the only people for whom it is contraindicated is those who have breast cancer or a history of breast cancer because it is a hormone. opill is expected to be available over the counter in stores early next year. we now know why lisa marie presley died in january. according to the los angeles county medical examiner, she had a blockage in her small inte intestine.
ainsley: the fda is now allowing pharmacies to offer abortion pills to women across the country. according to the drug maker the pill would help terminate a pregnancy during the first trimester. fox news contributor dr. nicole saphier joins us now. good morning, dr. saphier. good morning and happy new year to you. ainsley: happy new year to you and your cute little boys. tell us how this pill works. most borings 50% are done by using medications. the medication we are talking about this morning is the most common medication used for early term abortion. this is very different than plan b which a lot of people have heard of. plan b is a contraceptive pill that you can go to the pharmacy and buy and if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, that can prevent a pregnancy.
there is good news in the covid fight today, but that good news comes with sobering context. new data from pfizer indicates its new covid pill is 89% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths if the pill is taken within a few days of the onset of covid symptoms, and the company says its tests show the pill works. it works against the new omicron cases and pfizer seeking emergency approval from the fda. let s get important insight and perspective from the executive associate dean at emery university school of medicine. dr. del rio i want to put up what pfizer says. 9% lowers the risk of hospitalization and death and ten time decrease in viral load by day five. great to have a new covid pill, if you will, one year to the day after the new vaccination but listen to dr. scott gotlieb. he says we need things like this because we re not closing the chapter on covid. we won t ever be able to snuff this virus out. it s going to be a long fight,
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