Ok, so this happened to me last year. I had unprotected sex and then went to the hospital to ask where I could get emergency contraceptives because it was the weekend and the health department was closed. They told me the only thing I could do was drive up to this other hospital that was 30 minutes away and wait in the emergency room.
But, I have been reading online that as of 1999, anyone over 18 does not need a prescription to get the morning after pill, they need only to walk into the pharmacy and get it over the counter.
So am I right that really all you have to do is walk into the pharmacy, you don't have to go to all that other trouble? Or is there something I have confused here?
2007-04-03 14:47:14 · 3 answers · asked by ssmith 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
It varies by state.
I would call a pharmacy and ask them what the protocol is.
2007-04-03 15:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by Danielle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the state of South Carolina the morning after pills are in pharmacys. You have to ask for them because they're behind the counter.
2007-04-03 21:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by iluvbabies84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The FDA approved the OTC sale of Plan B this past summer, and the drug has been available since November at pharmacies.
2007-04-04 18:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋