Progestin pills, including both natural and synthetic forms, are widely used in birth control and hormone therapy. Progestin is any substance that has progesterone-like properties. The estrogen in ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Perrigo launch of their FDA approved OTC Opill is great news for women in the U.S. who rely on progesterone-only birth control pills for their contraception.

Progestin-only pills (POPs) are variants of the more commonly used combined (estrogen and progestin) oral contraceptives. Because POPs have no estrogen and only very small amounts of progestin, they ...

Soon you'll be able to hit the drug store counter for all your basic necessities: toothpaste, cough drops, ibuprofen — and even birth control. On July 13, US officials approved the first ...

The first over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill, Opill, will be available at pharmacies, convenience stores, grocery stores and on the Opill.com website later this month or early April. The birth ...

Birth control pills will soon be available in US pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription. Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration made the historic decision to approve the nation’s first ...

The FDA announced yesterday that it had for the first time approved a daily birth-control pill for over-the-counter sales. That’s a big change; once the product, called Opill, is on the market—which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Food and Drug Administration officially approved Opill back in July, marking the first time a contraceptive pill can be sold ...

A major study of around 260,000 women shows that taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks in some women. The research, published in ERJ Open Research, shows an ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. If you’re entering perimenopause or menopause, you’ve probably heard about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — and you might be wondering about ...

On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally allowed women to access one birth control pill over the counter. The FDA signaled in May that this was likely to happen after an advisory ...

American women spend about five years either pregnant, trying to get pregnant or postpartum; contrast that with the three decades they spend trying to consciously avoid having a baby.more That data, ...