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Protecting & Advancing the Health of Women
(image: FDA Office of Women's Health logo with following text, "Promotes testing products to learn their effects on women" "Provides reliable women's health information across the lifespan" and "Advocates and forms partnerships to advance women's health" photos of women and a field of flowers) |
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Drug Information:
Powered by Partnerships
Alison Lemon, MHS
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Women's Health
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OWH Mission Statement
FDA's Office of Women's Health (OWH) is to:
Protect and advance the health of women through
policy, science and outreach
Advocate for the inclusion of women in clinical trails
as well as sex/gender and subpopulation analyses
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Take Time To Care
- women are often so busy taking care of others that they overlook their own health needs
- OWH launched the "Take Time to Care" in 1998
- provide busy women with trustworthy, easy-to-read health information
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(image: "My Medicines" brochure)
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(image: "Keep a Record of Medicines You Use" prescription medicine chart used by women to fill out and show to providers)
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Outreach Strategy
(image: diagram titled "Outreach Strategy")
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Merck-Medco Evaluation
- 97.51% approval-men
- 99.1% approval-women
- "Call To Action"
- 76.55% listed their RXs
- 86.11% will talk to Doc
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Other fact sheets about medicine
- Buying drugs online
- Generic drugs
- OTC drugs
- Dietary Supplements
- Using Medicines While Pregnant
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Take Time To Care
Umbrella Theme For Campaigns
- Use Medicines Wisely
- Diabetes
- Pink Ribbon Sunday (Mammography)
- Menopause and Hormones
- Health Fraud
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Reach of OWH Materials
- Since 1999, reached over 26 million consumers
- In 2005, OWH materials received the highest response of any mailing to Congress.
- Dear Abby consumer requests for more than two million publications.
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Allergies
Antibiotic Resistance
Asthma & Hay Fever
Botox
Buying Contacts Online
Cell Phones
Clinical Trials
Contact Lens Care
Cosmetics
Depression
Diabetes
Diabetes Recipes
Dietary Supplements
Fibroids
The Flu
Food Safety at Home
Food Safety for Seniors
Food Safety/Take-Out
Generic Drugs
Hair Dye/Straighteners
Heart Disease
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High Blood Pressure
Incontinence
Infertility
Lasik Surgery
Liposuction
Listeria
Lung Cancer
Mammograms
Menopause
My Medicines
Osteoporosis
OTC Drugs
Pap Tests
Sleep Disorders
Stroke
Sunscreens
Tattoos
Using Medicines Wisely
West Nile Virus
Whole Body CT Imaging
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Medicine Charts
- HIV &AIDS
- Depression
- Smoking
- Menopause
- High Cholesterol
- High Blood Pressure
- Contraception
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Why Medicine Charts?
- Response to the public
- Direct to consumer advertising
- Balanced, simplified information
- Based on the label
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The Process
- Original draft based on the label
- Reviewed by appropriate centers
- Health Literacy Assessment
- Back and forth process
- Sign off by center directors
- Focus groups
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(image: flyer titled "Depression - Medicines To Help You")
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Selective Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
Brand Name
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Generic Name
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Celexa
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Citalopram
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Lexapro
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Escitalopram
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Paxil
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Paroxetine
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Prozac
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Fluoxetine
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Zoloft
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Sertraline
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Warnings
Do not take with certain other medicines:
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)
Thioridazine
Orap
Women should talk to their doctors about the risks of taking Paxil during pregnancy
Common Side Effects
Nausea
Tremor (Shaking)
Nervousness
Problems Sleeping
Sexual Problems
Less Common but Serious Side Effects
Seizures
Abnormal Bleeding
Withdrawal Symptoms
Mothers who take these drugs late in pregnancy may have babies with feeding problems and irritability.
For more information about the risks and side effects for each drug,
check Drugs@FDA.
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Acknowledgements:
Marsha Henderson, MCRP
Kimberly Thomas, MPH
Susana Perry, MS
Deborah Kallgren, B
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Join Us!
www.fda.gov/womens
OWH Medicine Charts:
www.fda.gov/womens/medicinecharts
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