If in case you have hassle staying on schedule together with your BC, attempt linking it to a different behavior: Take it after you sweep your tooth within the morning, or preserve your tablet pack by your charger as a reminder to take one if you plug in your telephone earlier than mattress, Dr. Amies Oelschlager suggests. You possibly can additionally set an alarm in your telephone (take into account a code identify like “name mother” when you don’t need somebody to by chance see it), or preserve your meds in your purse in the identical pocket because the lip balm you apply each morning.

That being mentioned: If in case you have a tricky time sticking to a set schedule, you may wish to take into account different contraceptive strategies. You possibly can attempt a long-lasting choice like an IUD or an implant—discuss to a physician you already belief or go to a clinic like Deliberate Parenthood if a kind of seems like a probably higher match. You may also seek for low- or no-cost suppliers by zip code by The Nationwide Affiliation of Free & Charitable Clinics.

Does Opill have any potential unwanted side effects or security issues?

Opill is secure, although it may probably include gentle unwanted side effects. Heather Bartos, MD, a gynecologist in Frisco, Texas, tells SELF that breakthrough bleeding is without doubt one of the extra frequent ones, and it’s extra more likely to occur when you miss a dose. In any other case, some individuals have breast tenderness, nausea, and complications, per the FDA.

You shouldn’t take this med in case you have or have had breast most cancers, are pregnant (or assume you could possibly be), or when you’re utilizing one other methodology of contraception already.

The place do I get Opill, and the way costly is it?

Opill doesn’t require a prescription and will be bought over-the-counter, which means you shouldn’t have to speak to a pharmacist to get it. It ought to be on cabinets at main retailers within the coming weeks, per a press launch from Perrigo, the drug’s producer. You’ll seemingly discover it within the “household planning” aisles of pharmacies and different retailers, a Perrigo spokesperson tells SELF through electronic mail.

Per Perrigo’s press launch, you should purchase Opill in one-month and three-month packs, which have advised retail costs of $19.99 and $49.99, respectively (and might be out there at these costs on Opill.com). The corporate additionally says that some individuals may be capable of use their Versatile Spending or Well being Financial savings Accounts (FSAs and HSAs) to pay for it.

With that mentioned, sure retailers might find yourself rising the price, and it’ll seemingly differ based mostly on location, Dr. Bartos says. Producers solely have a lot management as soon as one thing is on the market, and there’s nonetheless rather a lot we don’t learn about how purple states, conservative retailers, and lawmakers will react to this treatment being on cabinets. If in case you have any hassle discovering it in individual, you will get it on the drug’s web site.

Can individuals below 18 get Opill, too?

That’s the thought. In the interim, there’s no age restriction on who can legally purchase this med OTC, based on Perrigo’s spokesperson.