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Oral contraception - 3 month supply - £29.99

Step 1 Register, complete a short questionnaire and pay with a card in your name.

Step 2 If appropriate, our doctors will post you a 3 month supply of the pill you are currently taking.

Step 3 Sign for the medicine when it arrives at your delivery address.

What is the aim of this service?

This oral contraceptive service aims to make it easier for some women who are already on the pill to get a further supply of the same pill that they are taking.

Who is this contraceptive service aimed at?

The service is exclusively for women with a UK delivery address who are aged 18 or over and who have a credit or debit card in their name. Our doctors are explicitly not able to advise women on changing to another oral contraceptive pill or to prescribe a pill that a woman is not already taking.

How does this online service work?

Simply complete our online questionnare and then make payment using a card in your name. One of the first questions in the questionnaire asks you to tell us the name of the oral contraceptive pill that you are currently taking. Our doctors will then assess the answers you give and, if appropriate, prescribe and post you a further 3 month supply of the contraceptive pill you are currently taking. Someone will need to sign for the medicine upon delivery.

Does the card I use to make payment need to be in my name?

Yes. If the name on the card is not the same as your name, our doctors will not be able to help and we will make an immediate refund.

Can our doctors prescribe the combined pill and the mini pill?

Our doctors can prescribe UK-licensed combined pills and mini-pills.

Can our doctors offer 6 month prescriptions?

Yes. We generally offer 6 months prescriptions of the contraceptive pill to women who have already used the service for a 3 month supply of the pill.

Can our doctors prescribe the pill on an ongoing basis?

To use this service on an ongoing basis you will need to provide our doctors with recent and actual blood pressure readings each and every time you request the pill. Your local Lloydspharmacy can measure your blood pressure for free. Other pharmacies may offer a similar service.

How effective is the oral contraceptive pill?

If you take the contraceptive pill as instructed, it is over 99% effective. This means that if 100 sexually active women who are otherwise healthy take the pill as instructed for a year, only one of them will fall pregnant.

What other contraceptive options are there, apart from the pill?

There are many contraceptive options available to women in the UK. Long acting reversible contraception (LARC) - such as the coil or patch - tends to be the most effective. Owing to the remote nature of this service we can only provide the routine oral contraceptive pill. Any women using the contraceptive pill must understand that the pill does not protect a woman from sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

What are the potential side-effects of using the contraceptive pill?

Like any medicine, the contraceptive pill can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea or an allergic rash. In addition the contraceptive pill can - albeit rarely - cause blood clots in the legs or lungs, raised blood pressure and it can increase your risk of breast cancer.

Who should not use our contraceptive service?

You should not use this service if you have been told in the past that you should not take the contraceptive pill. This medicine should also not be taken by pregnant women. You must not use this service if you have never taken the pill before. You must not use this service if you are under 18. You must not use this service if you are over 40 and currently on the combined pill.