Opill, the First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, Is Now Available Online

• Opill, the first birth control pill available without a prescription, launched online on Monday
• The pill is currently available for purchase on Opill.com and Amazon, with other outlets to follow
• Opill, when used as directed, is “98% effective in preventing pregnancy”

Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, is available to order online today.

It is currently only available on Opill.com and Amazon; a one-month pack of 28 pills costs $19.99, a three-month pack of 84 pills sells for $49.99, and you can buy a 6-month pack of 168 pills for $89.99 on Opillo’s website.

A daily contraceptive made by Perrigo, Opill is a “progestin-only birth control pill” — sometimes called the “minipill,” according to the company’s website.

As the Mayo Clinic explains, the mini-pill “thickens cervical mucus and thins the lining of the uterus. They prevent the sperm from reaching the egg and the fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.” Combination pills that contain progestin and estrogen work by preventing ovulation, the Mayo Clinic explains. However, with the mini-pill, about half of people who take it still ovulate.

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Opill, the first oral contraceptive available without a prescription, has launched online sales.

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Opill, when used as directed, is “98% effective in preventing pregnancy,” the website explains.

“Opill will be available on CVS.com and through the CVS Pharmacy app in late March,” spokesman Matt Blanchette wrote to CNN in an email. “Beginning in early April, more than 7,500 CVS pharmacies will offer Opill, and for added privacy and convenience, customers will be able to choose same-day delivery or shop online and pick up in store.”

The outlet adds that Walgreens will also offer Opill, once it receives a shipment of the product.

Opill is a daily contraceptive – not an emergency contraceptive, known under the brand name Plan B.

While Plan B is an oral pill that can be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy, Opill must be taken at the same time every day to prevent pregnancy. According to the product information, it takes two days to start working.

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According to the CDC, “75% of pregnancies were unintended among teens ages 15 to 19.”

“At Perrig, we’ve been working to make life better through trusted health and wellness solutions that have been available to everyone for more than 130 years, and that purpose is especially important when we think about reproductive health,” Triona Schmelter, Perrig Executive Vice President & President, Consumer Self -Care Americas, said in a press release.

“We stand for the right of women and men to decide their own journey to sexual health, and the availability of Opillo without a prescription is truly a historic moment that our entire organization can be proud of.”

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