I am finally so relieved after 3 exams between last and this week and so happy that the weather is finally getting so much better. The question of the week was a really interesting one. I really think that patients with disorders should volunteer in trials for medications. That would give the researchers so much better results. Also, I hear my teachers talking about testing on mice - especially for neurological research because they are cheaper than any other animals. I think that is very unethical to test animals for cosmetics. That is extremely selfish of human beings to do that. Human beings do a lot of unfair things to animals thinking that they have control over everything.
I was working on Sunday and an incident happened that made me think about this class - more about HIV. I went to the drive-thru to wait on a customer and asked them if they wanted to pick up or drop off a prescription. There was a young man and a woman sitting next to him in the passenger seat. The man asked me to get them the 'morning after' pill. I asked him to show me some kind of identification and he gave me a nasty look. He looked old enough but I still have to ask. I told him the price and sold it to him and he drove away without saying a 'thank you' or anything. This happens all the time.
Sometimes I go to work 2 days after our order comes in and all of the 'Plan B' pills are gone; especially after a long weekend. It is so easy to get them and with the new generic, the prices have gone down too. Instead of making it harder, it is going the opposite way. I think that this encourages people to have unprotected sex and it is awful.
Did You Know............
'Helping Hospitals Eliminate Perinatal HIV Transmission' or HRET is an organization that works to reduce the trasmission of HIV from mother to child.
Perinatal HIV trasmission counts for 91% of AIDS children.
Source:
http://www.aone.org/hret/programs/hivtransm.html
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Glad to hear that your rough week is over. It can be very stressful studying for several exams at once. I never gave much thought to the morning after pill being so popular. I'm alittle surprised that it is so well-known. I guess I live a sheltered life. Also I did not realize that the majority of children who are HIV infected is do to pregnancy. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteI do not understand why indivuals would have unprotected sex becuase they now have a "plan B" pill. Obviously they are only thinking about not having a baby and unfourtanately they aren't thinking about STDs. Its interesting that you say on a long weekend the "plan b" pill goes out of stock. I think long weekends are ussually associated with holidays, which in turn are associated with drinking alcohol. I worked at a liquor store near campus and knowing that alcohol leads to sex we put a note on the condoms display saying, "Alcohol may cuase pregnancy," in order to promote safe sex. Most people see it and give some insite or laugh. If they dont end up buying them atleast we got them to think about safe sex. Just thought I would offer my work story after reading yours.
ReplyDeleteJust as the Plan B pill is influencing how people view unprotected sex, I fear that the 'morning after cocktail' for HIV will do the same. The only real difference is, it is two or three pills for a month, not a day, and you get to experience all the side effects. There are people out there who believe it should be given to anyone who asks for it. I don't agree.
ReplyDeleteI guess the Plan B pill is better than an abortion later on in the pregnancy, although I agree it does encourage unprotected sex.