Great news! 🥳
"The WNBA has teamed up with Opill, the first daily oral contraceptive available over the counter in the United States, and the nonprofit organization Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) for a new initiative designed to build health equity for Black women by providing resources to educate them about their reproductive health options."
#MyPeriodDataIsMine #BWHI #BlackWomensHealthImperative #MenstruationMatters #MenstruationTracker #Opill #contraception
Adding to this list based on a discovery I made today! If you have a Costco membership, I discovered that my Costco carries Opill in a four month pack for $60 - $15 a month - which is cheaper than it is on Amazon. #Opill #BirthControl
-Says you can start “any day” but the sheet has days listed starts on Sunday and they don’t give you stickers to update like some brands do. This is mostly minor but as someone with a terrible memory it is difficult to know if I’ve taken it today or not.
-No protective sleeve for the sheet of pills. Again, minor, but it makes me hesitant to put it in my purse on days I won’t be home at (med time)
-Easy to obtain! I got mine on Amazon but a ton of stores carry it too.
(2/2) #Opill #BirthControl
Didn’t feel like dealing with finding a new gyno (although I guess I could have just gone to Planned Parenthood), so I decided to try the new over the counter birth control, Opill. Have been on it for a month now, here’s my feedback so far:
-No noticeable side effects
-Really clear instructions on when to take the meds, when to use a second method of contraception, and how soon it starts working
(1/2) #Opill #BirthControl
The war on abortion is now a war on birth control
Conservative religious groups and right-wing political ideologs are taking advantage of dissatisfaction with the pill to sow misleading information and further their goal of banning birth control completely.
#deceit #FABM #Ignorance #JoeRogan #pseudoscience #DrOz #misogyny #racism #GwynethPaltrow #fraud #CandaceOwens #misinformation #BenShapiro #failure
https://baptistnews.com/article/the-war-on-abortion-is-now-a-war-on-birth-control/
12 important facts re: the no-prescription Opill. Boosts are greatly appreciated! #FreeThePill #Opill #Contraception #BirthControl #ReproductiveRightsAreHumanRights https://www.instagram.com/p/C48UT1ILPku/?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA==
America's 1st over-the-counter birth control pill is coming soon. Here's what to know about Opill
https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/americas-1st-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-is-coming-soon-heres-what-to-know-about-opill #US #WomensHealth #BirthControl #Opill #OTC
First U.S. #OverTheCounter #BirthControl Pill Will Be Available Soon
Called #Opill it was approved for #OTC sale by #FDA last year. The first #nonprescription #birthcontrolpill in US will be available in stores and online in the coming weeks at a price of $19.99 a month. It will be the most effective birth control method available without a prescription, research shows — more effective than condoms, spermicides and other nonprescription methods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/health/opill-birth-control-nonprescription.html
https://archive.ph/wechQ
Birth control pills will be found on retail shelves in the US for the first time in a few weeks.
#Opill is 98% effective, quite affordable and is a progestin-only pills, which carries a very minimal risk of blood clots.
Quick explainer from a pharmacy professor:
https://theconversation.com/opill-the-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-will-be-on-shelves-soon-here-are-some-key-things-to-know-225245
#birthcontrol #health
#Overthecounter #birthcontrol will soon be available in #stores.
#Opill, the nation’s first over-the-counter #oral #contraceptive #pill, will be available this month. Opill is a daily progestin-only pill, meaning there’s no estrogen in it.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #BirthControl
https://prismreports.org/2024/03/07/over-the-counter-birth-control-available-soon/
First #overthecounter #birthcontrol pill heads to stores
#Opill has been around for decades, but manufacturers have been working nine years toward making it available #OTC. This is first #birthcontrolpill that has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider. Like many other oral #contraceptives, it's 98% effective at preventing #pregnancy if taken correctly. A month's supply of Opill has a retail price of $19.99, less if you order 3mo or 6mo.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/04/1235404522/opill-over-counter-birth-control-pill-contraceptive-shop
First over-the-counter #BirthControl pill in US to go on sale later this month
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/opill-birth-control-pill
> #Opill is being shipped to retailers and pharmacies, and its arrival on shelves comes at a deeply fraught time for #ReproductiveRights
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Greenlandic women sue Danish state for #contraceptive ‘violation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/greenlandic-women-sue-danish-state-for-contraceptive-violation-coil
> Group of 143 allege they were fitted with coils without consent or knowledge between 1966 and 1970, when some were children
First over-the-counter #Birthcontrol #pill heads to #stores.
The #drug itself has been around for decades, but #manufacturers have been working nine years toward making it available #overthecounter. Here's what else to know about #Opill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Pregnancy #BirthControl #BodilyAutonomy
NBC NEWS: The #FDA Approves Over-the-Counter #BirthControl Pill in the US
The Food and Drug Administration approved the oral contraceptive #Opill for over-the-counter sales, making it the first hormonal contraceptive pill available in the U.S. without a prescription
"The #FDA on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter #BirthControl pill... allowing women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops.
"Once-a-day #Opill can be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The manufacturer won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales."
https://apnews.com/article/birth-control-pills-without-prescription-fda-b6728e98af5f1625520e0fa5fbc911c3
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#OTC #pill #women
USA lassen erste rezeptfreie Antibabypille zu
In Deutschland sind Antibabypillen verschreibungspflichtig. In den USA war das bisher auch so. Nun ließ die zuständige Behörde die erste rezeptfreie Pille zu. Sie soll Amerikanerinnen den Zugang zu wirksamer Verhütung erleichtern.
#Antibabypille #Verhütung #Opill #Gestagen #RezeptfreieMedikamente #USA
Addendae 2
The FDA Just Approved the First-Ever Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill in the United States
Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, should be available at pharmacies in 2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/opill-birth-control-over-the-counter
Norgestrel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norgestrel
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#Opill #norgestrel #Ovral #AbortionPill #abortion #WomensRights #RepublicanParty #neofascism #ChristianRight #SCOTUS #neoconservatism
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/13/fda-approves-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill/ #BirthControl #Contraception #Contraceptive #Opill #FDA #NonPrescription #Pharmaceutical #politicaliq #news #politics
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a #birth #control #pill to be sold #without a #prescription for the first time in the United States, a milestone that could significantly expand access to contraception.
The medication, called #Opill, will become the most effective birth control method available over the counter — more effective at preventing pregnancy than condoms, spermicides and other nonprescription methods.
Experts in reproductive health said its availability could be especially useful for young women, teenagers and those who have difficulty dealing with the time, costs or logistical hurdles involved in visiting a doctor to obtain a prescription.
The pill’s manufacturer, Perrigo Company, based in Dublin, said Opill would most likely become available from stores and online retailers in the United States in early 2024.
The company did not say how much the medication would cost — a key question that will help determine how many people will use the pill — but Frédérique Welgryn, Perrigo’s global vice president for women’s health, said in a statement that the company was committed to making the pill “#accessible and #affordable to women and people of all ages.”
