Thursday. October 23. 1971
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New device combination Pill, IUD
Staff Writer
By DIANE M. WILSON
An new contraceptive that works like a combination intrauterine device (IUD) and birth control pill, which will soon be on the shelf. It was endorsed by a University of Kansas professor.
Takera Higuchi, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, was a co-inventor of the device, to be marketed under the trade name. "Protestaseta System."
An IUD, often called a coil or a loop, is a
special shaped ball of plastic or rubber that
can be inserted into the vagina.
The new device is a T-siapied IUD. It carries a year's supply of progesterone, a natural female hormone that prevents menstruation and is used in interus persula, Hinguch said Tuesday.
HE SAID THAT BETWEEN 7 and 20 per cent of the women who relied on IUDs for contraception became pregnant. The widely-use birth control pill falls in about 3 cases, but the Progesterus System fails in 3 per cent or fewer of its users, he said.
The uterus uses the hormone rapidly so that it doesn't transfer to other organs, Hughi said. That is a decided advantage because it is taken orally, a body because it is taken orally, be said.
"It is ideal to release the drug only at the site of its action," he said, "because progesterone has a powerful physiological effect."
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF the new device, he said, is its lack of irritation to the uterus. An ordinary IUD prevents pregnancy by causing irritation to the uterus lined, he said. The more irritating it is, whether because of its size or because of its hardness, the more effectively it prevents pregnancy, he said.
The device is made of two layers of plastic, Higuchi said. The outer layer acts like a membrane and works on a heat principle to release 65 micrograms of hormone into the uterus each day for a year, he said.
The Progesterase System, however, prevents pregnancy by releasing a very small amount of natural progesterone inside the uterus. He said that the system was smaller and softer than other IUDs and that it could to alleviate some menstrual discomfort.
He said that in tests on 5,000 women over the world the device appeared to cause fewer of the complications associated with cramping. He said cramps, cramps, and perforation of the cervix.
Coupons lower shopping costs at local stores
Students can cut shopping costs by a few dollars each month if they take advantage of online shopping.
According to Jim Meyer, manager of Rusty's Hillierest foodstore, Rusty's offers a savings of $1.26 a week in coupons. Meyers said that during the semester the use of coupons could result in a savings of about $20 for shopmers.
Students don't take advantage of coupons the way they should, Meyers said.
"Students just aren't the shopkins their parents are," he said.
"Students are an important part of our business, but they aren't as important to company items."
However, Larry Leinwert, assistant manager of Larry's Gibson Discount Goods, said coupon redemption was up, and the savings were more than they were one or two years ago.
"Students are more price conscious," Linwetter said. "Everyone is using more
Jane Helsel, Wichita junior, said she never used coupons. She said she never went to a store where they sold cookies. Kathy Wilson, Salina junior, said "I don't take it to cut them out. I never seem to
Marce Shadid, Wichita junior, said she liked using coupons.
"You can find pretty good bargains sometimes," she said.
Carol Boone Strobbeen, director of the Consumer Affairs Association, said students should organize their shopping and shop when the sales are on. She said students should sit down and make a list of they want and check what coupons are good.
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Alta Corp., the California-based firm that will market the device, said in its 1975 annual report that the device was being tested or marketed in the United States and 15 other countries. It has been approved for marketing in Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to the report.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has granted an "Approval Letter" for marketing the drug, Higuchi said, but final approval will come from the FDA has approved the wording for package labels and promotional materials.
the uterus came in 1966 from Anthony Scomegna, a physician at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Alza pharmaceuticals then asked Higuchi and his staff to find a way to do it. The Progestaser system was the result.
The idea to put progesterone directly into
The co-inventor of the device is Anwar Hussain, former vice president of Intrex Corp., a research laboratory party owned by Huawei. The joint Development Association. Hizuki is its president.
Missouri is now a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky. Higuchi said he hadn't been associated with the development of the device since 1972.
Senate resolutions
From nage one
ficees : a definite procedure for the selection of assistant instructors and teaching personnel.
—A resolution to send the commission's suggestions for further research to the universities, these suggestions include faculty education and improvements of Waton Library; and
—A resolution commending the commission on its work.
The Senate's priorities for funding of higher education were outlined in a proposal that passed unanimously. It will be sent to Bennett. The Senate said a 10 percent faculty position would be required, faculty positions should have top priority when legislators consider the new budget.
A resolution to amend the Senate Code, which would have given the Student Senate the power to change its composition, was defeated.
The Senate also authorized the Student Services Committee to continue its investigations of the possibility of a satellite student union.
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