Lok Sabha

March 24, 2017

Mumtaz Sanghamita asks a Supplementary Question on birth control drugs

Mumtaz Sanghamita asks a Supplementary Question on birth control drugs

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Thank you Madam for giving me the opportunity. I want to ask the Minister whether the Government is thinking of introducing very low-dose pills, which are not supplied to the Government set-ups, that have less side-effects and higher success rates than depo provera.

Depo-provera has been used for a long time though in Government set-ups it has been recently introduced. It has side-effects, like bleeding and others. At very low doses though it has higher success rates and less side-effects.

So, my question is whether the government has any plans for its usage in very very low doses.