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Birth Control Pills: Common Brand and Generic Names
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 ...
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Opill approval means greater access to birth control pills. What else does it mean?
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 ...
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Birth Control Pills
Some birth control pills seem to slow overactive oil glands in your skin. Tell your doctor if you’re interested in this benefit. They might prescribe an extra drug called spironolactone that ...
Reason1y
All Birth Control Pills, Not Just One, Should Be Over the Counter
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 ...
Yahoo2y
Birth control pill Opill may soon be available over the counter. Here’s what you need to know.
If approved, the birth control pill Opill would be available just like any other over the counter drug. (Photo: Getty Images) ...
NPR2y
The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription
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 ...
USA Today1y
Birth control recall: Tydemy pills recalled due to possibility of reduced effectiveness
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, the New Jersey-based company that produces birth control pill Tydemy, is recalling two batches of the drug because they may have reduced effectiveness. According to Lupin ...
The New York Times2y
A Birth Control Pill Will Soon Be Available Without a Prescription. Here’s What to Know.
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 Washington Post2y
Birth control pills aren’t available over the counter in U.S. That could change.
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 Washington Post2y
Birth control pills could soon become available over-the-counter
The Drug Enforcement Administration confirms its temporarily extending pandemic-era flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances. But first … Birth control pills could soon be available ...
Popular Science1y
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US
[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 ...