Jezebel: Pills

How Evil Is Your Birth Control Manufacturer?

Anna North — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:10:00 EST

Yaz and Yasmin manufacturer Bayer is under fire yet again, this time for withholding key data about blood clot risks from the FDA. We decided to see how Bayer stacked up against other manufacturers where evil is concerned. More »

Stressed Out Moms Are Hitting The Ambien Bottle Hard

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:05:00 EST

Sometimes it seems like moms cannot catch a break. They're already on duty 24 hours a day, but now it turns out that even when everyone else in the house is fast asleep, they're not getting much rest. Insomnia, the New York times reports, is causing women across the country, but especially moms, to turn to sleeping pills in pretty big numbers. More »

WARNING: Those Morning After Pills May be Fake

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:51:00 EDT

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So, you had a good night but something went wrong and you think that you or your partner may get an unwanted pregnancy. Best solution? Morning after pill. Worst solution? Fake morning after pills. The FDA is warning about them: More »

Shooting Suspect's Wife Wrote About Pills On Wedding Website

Anna North — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Last night, David Laffer (pictured) and his wife Melinda Brady were charged with brutally gunning down four people at a Long Island pharmacy. Now it turns out Brady had a long history of posts on a wedding discussion forum, detailing her use of prescription painkillers. More »

Jessica Hahn Was High On Something On The View

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:04:00 EST

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Perhaps the producers of The View knew they had something very special on their hands when Jessica Hahn—known for a sex scandal involving televangelist Jim Bakker in the '80s—sat down at the table and launched into a story for a full three minutes before anyone else could get a word in edgewise that wasn't even about the Bakker scandal at all, but rather, how she started dating her dead boyfriend's best friend. She stayed on for a (seemingly) pilled-up 10-minute segment in which she rambled, stuttered, incited a bitchy comment from Barbara Walters, implied then denied she was raped, and finally, stiffly twirled around to show off her body. I was scared (and kind of hoping?) for a moment that she would tumble over. More »

If You Only See One Birth Control Commercial Today, Let It Be This

Jessica Coen — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:22:00 EST

You may not know what you want in life, but you do know that you need time to figure it out. And you're certainly not going to have that time if you get all knocked up! More »

Paula Abdul Is Totally Sober, Except For In All Of These Clips

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:50:31 EST

In an interview with CBS' Julie Chen on Sunday, Paula claimed that she's "never been drunk in [her] life." We've compiled quite a few clips that beg to differ. More »

Ladies, Your Sexual Satisfaction Is All In Your Head

Irin Carmon — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:27:00 EDT

Maybe those essential oils can actually improve female sexual arousal — if only via the placebo effect. Researchers "found that opening a new line of communication about sex can have a positive effect in many women with low libidos." Whoa! More »

Wait, Weight-Loss Pills Don't Work?

Sadie Stein — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:20:00 EDT

"New research evaluating the effectiveness of a broad selection of popular slimming supplements sold in pharmacies and health food shops has found no evidence that any of them facilitate weight loss beyond the placebo effect." But...they have infomercials! More »

Should The FDA Approve The "Pink Viagra"?

Anna North — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:30:00 EDT

On June 18, the FDA will consider whether to approve flibanserin, a pill that supposedly increases women's sexual desire. But the fact that some are calling it "the pink Viagra" illustrates how many problems remain with the entire approach. More »

Coco Rocha Speaks Out About Models' Health; Crystal Renn To Walk In London Fashion Week

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:20:00 EST

Rocha: "It is unforgivable that an adult should demand that [a] girl unnaturally lose the weight vital to keep her body functioning properly. How can any person justify an aesthetic that reduces a woman or child to an emaciated skeleton?"

Escape From Valley Of The Dolls: One Writer Overcomes Demon Xanax

Sadie Stein — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

If you know Lisa Carver's writing, you know she's all about owning her experience. The only one she's ashamed of? As she tells Salon, her unglamorous dependence on prescription drugs. As a pill-popper, her account leaves me with mixed feelings. More »

Is The Medicine You Take Still Safe If You Get Pregnant?

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Jason Umans, an internist and maternal-fetal pharmacologist at Georgetown University tells Time: "In emergencies, you always hear, 'Treat the pregnant women first!' The joke should be 'Yeah, how?'" Because when it comes to drugs, and drug testing, pregnant women are often left out of the equation. More »

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls

Anna Holmes — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:50:00 EDT

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Plan B's Advertising Pleases Us, Pisses Off Conservatives

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:20:00 EST

We're liking this Plan B commercial currently in heavy rotation on cable television because it's realistic — depicting women waking up alone and having to deal with morning-after bullshit on their own. More »

"Cookie Monster" Mayor Targets Girl Scouts • Nurse Gives Wrong Woman Abortion

Maria — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Ellen Taylor, the mayor of Claremont, was dubbed "The Cookie Monster" when she shut down Girl Scouts selling cookies on a street corner (she said it was hurting her business) and then creating a new law that requires a permit for non-profit sellers. • An elderly woman was saved from a violent kangaroo attack in Australia when her son's dog heard her screaming and chased the 'roo away. • A new sex-change regulation in Thailand which has set the legal age of the operation at 18 has some activists worrying over damage still-growing bodies. • Under a new law in Nashville that gives county officers immigration enforcement powers, an arrested Mexican woman developed an infection when officers refused to let her breast feed, use a breast pump, or even see her newly-born child. More »

In the U.K., government advisers have deemed...

Jessica G. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:45:00 EDT

In the U.K., government advisers have deemed the "DIY abortion" safe for in-home use. Currently, the pill-induced miscarriage, triggered by a combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, is only available in British hospitals. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists told Parliament that, "There is an increasing body of evidence from both developed and developing countries that home use of mifepristone/misoprostol is safe, effective and acceptable to many women." Who wants to bet that the DIY abortion will More »

DailyCandy Says No To Lexapro, Yes To Lather

Jennifer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:25:37 EDT

We were beginning to worry about the editors of DailyCandy. There were mentions of bacterial infections. Black Croc spats. Had they abandoned their Cosmopolitan-swilling ways, we wondered? But today's editions of the cloying, consumption-promoting newsletter illustrate that the girls may have their mojo back: There's shampoo laced with antidepressants! Chaufferred shopping trips! Psychics! Oh, and skinny jeans! (Ugh, aren't skinny jeans over? If not, could someone please make that happe already?). Today's Cavity, after the jump. More »

Al Gore Not Running For President, Son In Rehab: Coincidence? We Think Not

Jennifer — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:15:28 EDT

Al "I'm The Man Who Was Elected President, But Whatever I'm A Movie Star Now" Gore has "fallen out of love" with politics, he says. And thus will not be running for president... again. If this is true, what a drama queen! If this isn't true, what an even bigger drama queen! Simmer down, Al! (And if you need some help with that, we're sure your son has some pills that could help.) [CNN]

Paula Abdul Trashed Is Everyone Else's Treasure

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:15:34 EDT

DailyCandy Wants You Fat

Jennifer — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:25:38 EDT

Like an anorexic best friend, DailyCandy gets no greater satisfaction than the sight of you stuffing your face. Mmmmm doesn't that fattening, carbohydrate-laden food look tasty? Mmmmmm don't you want some? But you're so skinny! You're probably skinnier than me! More »