stopthatgirl7Oct 5, 2023

A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital

Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

https://jezebel.com/childbearing-age-medication-denied-lawsuit-1850899899

A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital

Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

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Show threadandy_wijaya_medOct 6, 2023
What is the medicine in question? Any other MD (or better, neurologist) here? As far as I know, most of the standard treatment for cluster headaches are safe for pregnant women…
Show threadNoraOct 6, 2023
She’s not pregnant though so it wouldn’t matter.
Show threadalcasaOct 6, 2023
Commonly they dont recommend embryotoxic medication in woman of childbearing age, as unecpected pregnancies happen and the chance for severe birth defects increase. Sometimes these can only be detected late into a pregnancy, so if the person might want to keep a pregnancy it would be not to take it.
Show threadassassin_aragorn

Easy solution, prescribe birth control treatment in tandem. Require insurance to pay.

It’s pretty simple really. If someone is taking a medication that creates problems if they become pregnant, and they don’t want to become pregnant, give them treatment to prevent them from becoming pregnant!

Oct 6, 2023 at 5:57pmWeb