RSI Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Donald R. Mattison, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and Wake Forest University, evaluated and compared the safety profiles of newer contraceptives using 43,324 adverse event case reports submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), for the two years ending July 2017. The presentation on Saturday, March 10, 2018 in San Diego described the strong safety profiles of the newer contraceptives, as well as issues of concern.
For more details see the presentation poster here.
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