Patent ID: 6908432

Claim:
A method for distributing a teratogenic drug to a patient in need of the drug while preventing foetal exposure to the drug, said method comprising: a. regstering in a computer readable storage medium physicians permitted to prescribe said drug; b. providing said patient with information concerning the teratogenic risks attendant to foetal exposure to said drug; c. obtaining the informed consent of said patient to receive said drug despite said risks; d. registering said patient in said medium, including information concerning the ability of said patient to become pregnant or to impregnate a female; e. upon a determination that said patient is capable of becoming pregnant or capable of impregnating a female, determining that said patient is not currently pregnant or counseling said patient capable of impregnating a female to use a contraceptive device or formulation when engaging in sexual intercourse with a female, and registering same in said medium; f. permitting said patient access to said drug only after consulting said medium to verify that said patient (1) is a female who is not pregnant or (2) is a female incapable of becoming pregnant or (3) is a male who has been counseled to use a contraceptive device or formulation when engaging in sexual intercourse with a female.