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This FDA approved birth control method is effective but your doctor probably never mentioned it

For years, preventing pregnancy in the US has meant choosing between the lesser of several annoyances: remembering a daily ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

OTC Oral Contraceptive Pills Improve Access to Effective Contraception

OTC access linked to 31.8 percentage point increase in individuals moving from no contraceptive method to an effective method. HealthDay News — The newly available over-the-counter (OTC) ...
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What you need to know about over-the-counter birth control and emergency contraception, from how they work to where to buy them

Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) The reproductive health landscape in the U.S. keeps shifting, particularly since Roe v. Wade was ...
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Who can take the newly available over-the-counter birth control pill?

The first oral contraceptive approved for over-the-counter use in the United States will become available in stores and online this month. The medication, known as Opill, has a manufacturer’s ...
MedPage Today

Is OTC Birth Control Reaching Patients Who Face Care Barriers?

When OTC birth control became available in 2023, many hoped it would bridge access gaps. OTC birth control users were more likely to transition from using no contraceptives or less effective ones, ...
UUHC Health Feed

Birth Control Methods That Rely on Hormones

There are many different kinds of birth control—and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. Some methods rely on the hormone progestin ...
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Male Birth Control Pill YCT-529 Passes Human Safety Test

Photo composite of human egg (oocyte) and sperm (spermatozoon), colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). In the first clinical trial of its kind, a nonhormonal oral contraceptive that reversibly ...
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Stop demonizing birth control

For decades, far-right political agendas have targeted contraceptive access, portraying hormonal birth control as unsafe — or ...
Newsweek

Male Birth Control Pill Gets One Step Closer: What We Know

Researchers have made a breakthrough that could represent a major step forward in making the male "pill" a reality. The Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Drug Discovery's research focused on a ...
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A new form of male birth control isn’t a pill or a shot: How does it work?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – The availability of a reversible ...
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OTC Oral Contraceptive Pills Improve Access to Effective Contraception

The researchers found that over-the-counter, progestin-only oral contraceptive pill users were more likely to be uninsured and to reside in rural areas, compared with prescription users. HealthDay ...