ABC.com: ABC-TV's The View - Show Recap, http://www.abc.go.com/theview/show_recap/celebrities/celebrities_0626_2.html, 26 June 2000

Monday, June 26, 2000
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Web site: www.drdrew.com
TV Show: Loveline, on MTV
Book: The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide To Life and Love

Dr. Drew believes that a lot of bad messages are being sent out to young people today. "A lot of women's magazines are preoccupied with how women can attract men," says Dr Drew, "as opposed to getting in touch with what their real feelings are, how to assert those needs and make sure those needs are met in a relationship before they worry about what a man needs or wants."

Dr. Drew's new Web site allows users to register for free condoms that they will receive in the mail. "I think abstinence is a great message," he says, "but it's unrealistic to think that kids aren't going to choose to do otherwise these days." Dr. Drew believes we need to start talking to kids about sex when they are young, and cites a study that says that if you don't begin the conversation between the ages of eight and 12, you'll lose them forever to their peers and media. Be careful not to force the material down their throat, however.

Dr. Drew took some time to answer the following viewer e-mails:

Jen in Cleveland writes: "I've been seeing a psychologist for over a year now for some sadness and family issues that I've been dealing with. She suggested that I may have depression and should start thinking about drugs like Prozac or Zoloft. I was wondering if you could tell me the side effects of these drugs, specifically sexual side effects. I am in my early 20s and I don't want to be messed up for the rest of my life because of a drug that I'm taking now."
There are lots of sexual side effects, says Dr. Drew, and unfortunately, the way the medical system is set up, doctors don't have a lot of time to go over this stuff with their patients. Suppression of libido, orgasm, function--all elements of the sexual arousal phases--can be suppressed by these drugs.

Kathi in Houston writes: "I have two daughters, 20 and 15. The 20-year-old got pregnant one month before her 20th birthday. I tried to get her on birth control at an early age, but many doctors wouldn't give me a prescription. Any suggestions?"
If you miss getting women on the birth control pill, there is emergency contraception out there. The American Medical Women's Association is suggesting that all women of reproductive age have in their medicine cabinet a pill that can be taken three days after a sexual encounter to suppress ovulation just like a birth control pill.


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