The history and some characteristics of birth control pills are described here. But since the beginning of the era of oral contraceptives, Ortho Pharmaceutical has played an important role in the invention of modern pills and many other things related to contraception and women’s health. Ortho Pharmaceutical has been at its best in every decade since 1960 to date.
The FDA, US Food and Drug Administration, approved oral contraceptives also known as “The Pill” on June 23, 1960. Searle made the first oral contraceptive and it was called Enovid. The pill was very well received and liked by women in the 1960s and even today women like the pill and almost sixteen million women around the world use it as a form of birth control. Even the pill is almost 100% effective if taken correctly.
Oral contraceptives played a key role in women’s sexual freedom, which occurred almost in the 1960s. Yes, after the approval of oral contraceptives, women for the first time were able to enjoy sex without the panic of pregnancy. .
Ortho Pharmaceutical entered the market in 1963 with the introduction of its first birth control pill and, beginning in 1965, the company began an annual survey on women’s health and its reviews on birth control pills. Even in 1965 the United States Supreme Court declared that the laws prohibiting contraception were undemocratic.
In 1970, when the pill was widely used and becoming more popular with women, Ortho Pharmaceutical launched low-dose pills. It even introduced the progestin-only birth control pill for the first time. The progestin-only pill is the best alternative for breastfeeding mothers.
In the 1980s, scientists at Ortho Pharmaceutical first developed multiphasic birth control pills. These pills delivered progestin at varying levels to simulate the normal hormonal rhythm of a woman’s menstrual cycle. These pills quickly turned out to be the most recommended birth control pills in America.
It was in 1988 that the FDA learned of the potential additional benefits of using the pill. Advantages include a lower incidence of ovarian cancer, pelvic inflammatory infection, endometrial cancer, benign breast disease, and ovarian cysts. Later, an FDA advisory committee realized that the benefits of the contraceptive pill may outweigh the likely physical threats of use of the pill by healthy, nonsmoking women over 40.
Birth control pills became more popular in the 1990s when Ortho continued his research to improve the pill. Ortho TRI-CYCLEN, a product of Ortho Pharmaceutical, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of acne in women aged 15 and over and as a birth control pill for those over 18 years of age in 1996.
Ortho Pharmaceutical released the first contraceptive patch in 2001. Ortho even released Ortho TRI-CYCLEN LO the following year, that is, in 2002. This low-hormone contraceptive pill was developed to provide extremely effective contraception and expected menstrual periods.
Thus, the history of contraceptive pills also belonged to Ortho Pharmaceutical and has given the best of itself to the contraceptive era.
