Birth control pills are marketed under various brand and generic names and come in several different formulations. There are two main oral contraceptive pills: progestin-only pills (POPs ...

(An active ingredient is what makes a drug work.) Desogestrel birth control ... only pills. Micronor, which contains norethindrone, and Slynd, which contains drospirenone, are two brand-name ...

The Food and Drug Administration this week approved the country’s first birth control pill to ... approval of the pill norgestrel, sold under the brand name Opill, will increase access to ...

Thousands of Tydemy brand birth control pills have been recalled, the Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday, after testing by drugmaker Lupin Pharmaceuticals found that two lots they made of ...

If approved, the birth control pill Opill would be available just like any other over the counter drug. (Photo: Getty Images) ...

Angela Maske manages a team of youth advocates for Free the Pill, a coalition of organizations that advocate for easier access to birth control. The Food and Drug Administration is on the cusp of ...

For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing women to get birth control ... is for a pill that would be sold by Perrigo under the brand name Opill, a so-called ...

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The Food and Drug Administration approved a hormonal contraceptive pill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first and only birth control pill to be ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration confirms its temporarily extending pandemic-era flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances. But first … Birth control pills could soon be available ...

"I’m going to start accumulating some Plan B — for my daughter, her friends, and any one of childbearing age who’s going to need it once Trump bans birth control," said one social media user ...