ENVOID STUDY PATIENTS
The patients whose information appeared on the research tab and contributed to our data analysis of the success of the study. For the sake of the patients privacy, real names will not be used.
PATIENT 1
This mother had a total of five pregnancies. Out of those pregnancies she gave birth to four children, and had one miscarriage four months prior to the exam. She had never planned any of the previous pregnancies, and felt positive about her prescription despite the fact she had a little nausea. Her husband decided that he did not want anymore kids and made her start the medication. This patient stopped taking the treatment because she moved to Ohio, however for two months after her move she would travel back to receive her pills.
PATIENT 2
This patient was in this study for three years, the longest of any of the patients. Patient 2 had 5 pregnancies four of which resulted in live births, the one miscarriage was spontaneous. She prior to 1961, when the study started, had not planned her pregnancies. Her husband and her wanted children in 2-3 years, which is why she started taking this medication. The first year she started taking the medication she had no side effects, however as the second year started she started to have side effects of nausea. In 1963 she got remarried and impregnated, which is when the FNS stepped in. According to the FNS’s paper work the birth control Envoid had been ineffective.
PATIENT 3
At the age of 24 this patient had three pregnancies resulting in two live births. None of these pregnancies had been planned and the patient wanted to wait 4-5 years till having her next baby. This patient stopped taking her pills because she found out she was 9 weeks pregnant before starting the pills. The pregnancy was closely monitored and the baby was born with no side effects despite it’s mother being on the medication.
PATIENT 4
Women from the Appalachian region, who had three children. None of the pregnancies before she started the trial had been planed. She felt positive about the trial, and the reason she wanted to try the birth control was because she wanted to wait to have more children till her current children grew up a little. An interesting thing to note is that at one point her mother in law asked for some of the oral contraceptive which made it Patient 1 skip some pills. The pills were effective in preventing pregnancies, however she did have sides effects which included nausea.
PATIENT 5
This patient had a total of five pregnancies, four resulting in a live birth and one resulting in a miscarriage. The couple had use male condoms, however this contraceptive was ineffective. They couple no longer wanted children and that is why patient 5 started Envois. She suffered from some side effects which include cramping starting at month 6 which got worse until month 9.
PATIENT 6
This patient had five successful pregnancies and had planned a few using a diaphragm. This method was successful in the prevention of pregnancies. This patient wanted to wait 3-4 years before having another child. Unlike most patients she had side effects which included: irritability, nervousness, dropping things, and weakness.
PATIENT 7
Women in the Appalachian region, had two children, both of which were not planned. Â Her husband had spent some time away from her and this was because he went to jail. He was arrested in April, cause of arrest unknown. This patient was wanting children in about 3-5 years once her husband was released from prison. This patient had no side effects and felt very positive about this prescription.
PATIENT 8
At age 24 this patient had four live births and concluded that she wanted to wait 3-4 years until her next child. She felt positive about this medication and suffered no side effects. Her husband left in the month of January which resulted in her not taking her medication and because of her failure to take her pills Envois threatened to take them away. Eventually this patient moved to Ohio and would travel back for the birth control, her husband had no idea that she was taking contraceptives.