BC without a prescription? A way around free pills?

[E Street Fan]

Maybe a nice middle ground would be you don't need to CONTINUE to see a doctor to get birth control? The doctor can simply write you a prescription once.

I like the idea, but I'd be concerned about girls/women who can't or won't go to a doctor. Maybe they don't want their parents or partner(s) to know they're on the pill, so they could buy BC OTC and have neither a doctor's visit with its paperwork nor insurance/pharmacy paperwork to be found.

I'd be okay with SOME forms of BC pills being OTC, like the lowest doses. That option would give patients like my not-so-mythical girl/woman at least a shot at controlling her reproduction.

[duplessis3]

Getting otc antibiotics for presumed, self diagnoses strep is one of the sillier things ihave ever read. Because we really need more antibiotic resistent diseases. When i took hormonal bc for a non bc related reason, it gave me the very rare side effect of triggering Crohns. (My g.i. told me that ) wish i had listened to my first gyn who told me no responsible gyn wld give me the pill.

[cindyluvs24]

I wonder if Hobby Lobby has objections to covering Viagra? Or a diaphragm?

true - would they object to prescribing viagra to unmarried men?

[luckylibrarian]

true - would they object to prescribing viagra to unmarried men?

Of course not! Because men *need* sex! Women are just sluts.

When I was on the Nuvaring, my blood pressure spiked to 150/100. I was under 30 at the time and not a smoker. Still, I'd be in favor of some way to lower the barriers to birth control so that people who need it (i.e. teenage girls) can still get it.

[hearyoume08]

I go to my gyno once a year for my annual exam and she gives me a year's prescription, if I need a refill before that she faxes in my prescription to my mail order pharmacy. I don't like taking it but stupid PCOS and other hormonal conditions make it so I have to, when I remember to anyway. Maybe that makes a difference. I can see the issue with those that have medical issues, but at least for pregnancy prevention there are condoms, there is nothing else for hormonal conditions. (Keep in mind that I finally was in class that talked about sex and reproduction when I was 18 and the lecture made me throw up. Asexuality and Aspbergers Harrah. So I'm not the best to ask about this.) This is off topic, and apparently asking why people can just not have sex is rude, but no one will explain why. I say just take a pain reliever for the pain, but that gets me dirty looks. Any explanations?

[JenniferJuniper]

This is off topic, and apparently asking why people can just not have sex is rude, but no one will explain why. I say just take a pain reliever for the pain, but that gets me dirty looks. Any explanations?

As you have indicated you are asexual, it may not be something you can personally relate to, but most people are wired to strongly desire sex. Not all, of course, but most. While it doesn't trump food or sleep, it's up there.

[miffy]

Isn't it also the least effective though?

After I had my son, my midwife prescribed the mini-pill because she wanted me to wait 18 months before getting pregnant again (I needed a c-section and planned on a VBAC if I got pregnant again, so that gave things time to heal). She said to come back to see her for a stronger/different form of BC if I started having regular periods or stopped nursing during the time frame, because the mini-pill was not as effective as some of the other types.

Theres one called Cerazette which is only slightly less effective than the combined pill. I tried it, annoyingly it isn't sold in Australia so I had to buy it from a pharmacy in Vanuatu. It works by giving you non stop PMS. :lol: I think its just about the safest hormonal BC around.