UClarissa: kusuka ukugula kuya ku-coma "Izulu likhona ngimbonile umzala wami oshonile"

Iphilisi lokulawula inzalo eliphumelelayo elinezinzuzo, kukhethwe uYaz njengokukhetha kwabesifazane abalangazelela ukuthola impumuzo kwi-premenstrual syndrome kanye nomqubuko obunzima. Kepha manje, ucwaningo olusha oluzimele selutholile ukuthi uYaz uthwala izingozi eziphezulu zokufaka igazi kunamanye amaphilisi amakhulu okulawula ukuzala. I-ABC News iphenye ukuthi ngabe amashumi ezigidi zabesifazane asiguqukele yini kwiphilisi eliyingozi elingakaze likhonjiswe ukwelapha i-premenstrual syndrome.

Ngo-2007, uClarissa Ubersox, 24, wayesanda kuqeda iziqu zakhe ekolishi futhi wayeqala umsebenzi wakhe wokufisa njengomhlengikazi wezingane eMadison, eWis. Ngosuku lukaKhisimusi, ngenkathi esebenza ngesikhathi sakhe seholide, isoka lakhe lammangaza esibhedlela ngesicelo somshado.

Efuna ukubukeka futhi azizwe engcono kakhulu ngosuku lwakhe lomshado, uCarissa uthe ushintshele kuYaz ngemuva kokubona enye yezikhangiso zakhe eziphakamisa ukuthi leli philisi lingasiza ngokuvuvukala nangezinduna. "I-Yaz ukuphela kwendlela yokulawula inzalo efakazelwe ukuthi ilapha izimpawu zomzimba nezingokomzimba ngaphambi kokuya esikhathini ezinzima ngokwanele ukuba nomthelela empilweni yakho," kusho isimemezelo. "Kubukeka njengesidakamizwa esiyisimangaliso," kusho uCarissa, ekhumbula ukucabanga. Kodwa ezinyangeni ezintathu kuphela kamuva, ngoFebhuwari 2008, imilenze kaCarissa yaqala ukuqaqamba. Akazange ayinake kangako, ecabanga, wathi, bekubuhlungu nje ukuma ezinyaweni zakho ngokushintshwa kwamahora ayi-12.

Ngakusasa kusihlwa, wayekhefuzela. Amahlule egazi emilenzeni yakhe abedabule emithanjeni yakhe aya emaphashini akhe, edala ukubumbana okukhulu kwamaphaphu. Isoka lakhe lashayela u-911, kodwa endleleni eya esibhedlela inhliziyo kaCarissa yama. Odokotela bamvusa, kepha wawela ku-coma cishe amasonto amabili, inkumbulo kaCarissa kuphela ngaleso sikhathi yinto ayibiza ngokuthi yisipiliyoni esingajwayelekile. Uthe ukhumbule isango elikhulu elihlotshisiwe wabona umzala wakhe osanda kushona. Lowo mzala, kusho uCarissa, wathi kuye, "Ungahlala lapha nami noma ungabuya." Kepha, uthe, umtshele ukuthi uma ebuya uzogcina engaboni. "Ngikhumbula nje ngivuka esibhedlela ngicabanga," O, ngicabanga ukuthi ngakhetha ukuhlala, "kusho uCarissa etshela i-ABC News. Njengomzala wakhe ekuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwephupho elalibikezelwe, empeleni wavuka engaboni futhi uhlala eyimpumputhe kuze kube yilolu suku.

Akekho ongasho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ngabe i-Yaz yimbangela yokungaboni kukaCarissa, kepha i-Yaz iqukethe i-hormone eyingqayizivele ebizwa nge-drospirenone abanye ochwepheshe abathi ingadala amahlule amaningi egazi kunamanye amaphilisi okulawula ukubeletha. Amahlule angadala izinkinga zokuphefumula ezinzima, isifo sohlangothi, noma ngisho nokufa. Onke amaphilisi okulawula ukubeletha anezingozi ezithile. Abesifazane ababili kuya kwabane kwabangu-10.000 XNUMX abasephilisi bazohlushwa amahlule egazi kanti abanye bazofa ngenxa yalokho. Kepha nge-Yaz, izifundo eziningi ezizimele ezintsha zikhuphule ubungozi izikhathi ezimbili noma ezintathu. “Lokhu kuyadumaza,” kusho uDkt Susan Jick, umbhali wesinye sezifundo ezizimele ezibandakanya abesifazane abacishe babe yisigidi. "Mayelana nokuphepha komphakathi, akukhona lokho ofuna ukukuthola."

Yenziwe yiBayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, ukuthengisa kukaYaz kwenyukela cishe ku- $ 2 billion ngonyaka ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo ngonyaka ka-2006, okwenza kwaba iphilisi elihola phambili emakethe lokulawula ukuzalwa kanye nomuthi othengiswa kakhulu yiBayer. Kwakunenqwaba yezindaba ezungeze i-Yaz, kusukela komagazini besifazane abathandwayo bethi "yiphilisi le-PMS" kanye ne "super pilisi" ezigabeni zezindaba ze-TV, njengaleyo ese-Dallas ebiza u-Yaz ", iphilisi eliyisimangaliso elisusa iningi lezimpawu ezingemnandi ze-PMS ”.

Ngokusobala abanye abaphathi bezinkampani bebezikhuthaza lezi zimangalo ezeqile, i-ABC News ifundile. Imibhalo yangaphakathi etholwe yi-ABC News ikhombisa ukusabela kwabo: “Lokhu kuhle !!! singasenza ekuseni ekuseni eMelika ukwenza ingxenye efanayo !!! ??? !! (tee hee), ”kubhala isikhulu esigabeni saseDallas sibiza uYaz ngephilisi eliyisimangaliso le-PMS. Kepha Ukuphathwa Kwezokudla Nezidakamizwa akuzange kuhlekise. Ngo-2008, i-FDA yathi i-Yaz ayikhonjiswanga ukuthi iyasebenza kwi-PMS ejwayelekile, kuphela uhlobo olungavamile futhi olunzima lwezimpawu zokuya esikhathini, nokuthi impumelelo ka-Yaz ngezinduna "idukise ngokweqile (d)".

Iziphathimandla zoMbuso ziphinde zasola uBayer ngokukhangisa okukhohlisayo.

UBayer ukuphikile noma ikuphi ukona okungalungile, kepha esivumelwaneni esingajwayelekile somthetho bavumile ukusebenzisa imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-20 ekukhangiseni okulungisa ithelevishini, okwathi, “I-Yaz ingeyokwelashwa kwesifo sedysphonic premenstrual, noma i-PMDD kanye nezinduna ezilinganiselayo, hhayi ukwelashwa ye-premenstrual syndrome noma induna emnene. “Kodwa manje, izigidi zabesifazane besezivele sezikhethe i-Yaz.

Abanye ochwepheshe bathi kunesizathu sokukhathazeka ngokutholwe kwezokwelapha kwakamuva. UJick uthole ukuthi izifundo ezixhaswe yiBayer azitholanga mehluko engcupheni, kuyilapho zonke izifundo ezine ezizimele zakamuva zathola ingozi eyengeziwe. UJick wengeze wathi ngesikhathi ethumela izifundo zakhe eBayer, wamangala bengaphenduli noma becela ukusebenzisana naye. "Ucwaningo olutholile ukwanda kwezingozi aluyona inzuzo yenkampani," kusho uJick. Izimiso zokuziphatha kwezokwelapha e-Columbia University uDavid Rothman wengeze ngokuthi, ngokujwayelekile, “Kumele sibheke izifundo zemishanguzo ezishicilelwa yinkampani ekhiqiza le mikhiqizo ngezinsolo eziningi. Banesikhumba esiningi kakhulu emdlalweni ”.

Imibhalo yangaphakathi yeBayer etholwe yi-ABC News iphakamisa imibuzo ngocwaningo oluthile lwenkampani. Ngokombiko, iBayer ngokusobala yagcina igama lomunye walaba basebenzi lingafakwa ocwaningweni olwaluxhaswe yinkampani ngoba, ngokwe-imeyili yangaphakathi, "kunokubaluleka okungekuhle ngokuba nombhali wenkampani ephepheni." "Kuyihlazo ngempela, ukwephula okuyisisekelo ubuqotho besayensi, lapho umuntu owenza ucwaningo engabonakali ngisho ephepheni," kusho uRothman. Izinkulungwane zabesifazane zimangalela iBayer, kubandakanya noCarissa Ubersox, kodwa inkampani iyaqhubeka nokuphika noma ikuphi ukungalungi. Ecaphuna la macala, uBayer wenqabile ukuxoxwa ngale ndaba futhi esikhundleni salokho wathumela i-ABC News isitatimende esisho ukuthi i-Yaz iphephe njenganoma iliphi elinye iphilisi lokulawula ukuzalwa lapho lisetshenziswe kahle.

Azisekho izimpendulo ngoCarissa, impilo yakhe esishintshe unomphela. Akaseyena umhlengikazi wezingane, akasathembiswanga umshado futhi, uthe, "konke ebengicabanga ukuthi ngikusebenzele kanzima akusekho."

U-Yaz, uthe, ukusolwa.

I-FDA ilivule kabusha icala ku-Yaz, yenza ukubuyekezwa kwayo okusha kwezokuphepha kwezidakamizwa. Uma ucubungula izindlela zakho zokulawula ukuzala, ochwepheshe bathi kufanele, njengokuhlala njalo, uthintane nodokotela wakho.