I see this as a matter of life and death. Mifepristone is saving my life and sight. Discontinuing its use can ultimately result in death or blindness. Professor Laird had been taking mifepristone since 1993. Prior to this Professor Laird underwent three brain surgeries.
Mifepristone is a non-invasive therapy.
I believe that if I had been put on this medication after my first brain surgery I would not have suffered the damage and depression resulting from my second craniotomy, and been spared the ordeal of a third brain surgery. Dr. Laird, together with her physician and noted neurosurgeon Nettleton Payne, MD, appeared at the Mifepristone Global Summit held at Feminist EXPO 2000. Eric Schaff, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester, who directs clinical trials on mifepristone's use as a treatment for fibroid tumors in addition to early abortion, also spoke at the Mifepristone Global Summit. Research by Schaff and others suggests that the reduction of fibroid tumors with mifepristone may allow some women to avoid hysterectomies. Over 500,000 American women have hysterectomies each year.