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 ...

[Related: Over-the-counter birth control pills could change reproductive care in the US.] Nonprescription availability of the drug, generic name norgestrel, should reduce barriers to access by ...

Birth control pills are available in more than ... a giant Dublin-based generic drugmaker. The drug was cleared decades ago under a different name for prescription use but eventually taken off ...

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 ...

On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally allowed women to access one birth control pill over the counter. The FDA signaled in May that this was likely to happen after an advisory ...

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 ...

"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 ...