FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive

Re:FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive by neuronerdgirl on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:51PM (#36712262)

Last time i had to pay out of pocket (because insurance won't cover more than 3 months at a time and I was going out of the country for 6) my GENERIC BC was 89.99 per month. The brand name is something like $189. I can't take cheaper forms because they have negative interactions with my brain chemistry that make me suicidal. BC is offensively expensive and needlessly difficult to obtain.

As an aside, the amount of patronizing in these comments along the lines of "but these women will clearly take the medicine wrong or fail to understand the consequences of their actions if we don't have them speak to a doctor first!" is just... really telling.

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Re:FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive by deprecative on Friday July 14, 2023 @03:01AM (#36720391)

One of the routine problems I see around this place is how the folks who flock to "intellectual" spaces are both the intellectual and the ignorant who fancy themselves the former's equal.

I'm terribly sorry to have read your experience. I empathize deeply, though my situation is different (migraine medication vs birth control), in my experiences in having dealt with doctors and insurance companies to get both the medication I need and in an amount that will get me through.

I hope this change and others like it help bring you comfort and safe, affordable access to medicine you need.

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