Birth control pills are highly effective, but certain foods, drinks, and supplements can interfere with their absorption or increase side effects. Activated charcoal, grapefruit, alcohol, flaxseed ...

Emergency contraception pills have become available in stores such as 7-Eleven and Circle K even as legislators in some states have indicated they want a new level of scrutiny for contraception.

OTC access linked to 31.8 percentage point increase in individuals moving from no contraceptive method to an effective method. HealthDay News — The newly available over-the-counter (OTC) ...

(CNN) — About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that the use of oral contraceptives may influence how the brain ...

Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Birth control pills are a highly effective way to prevent pregnancy when taken ...

The researchers found that over-the-counter, progestin-only oral contraceptive pill users were more likely to be uninsured and to reside in rural areas, compared with prescription users. HealthDay ...