display Three years after a California law that pharmacists prescription contraceptives to provide girls and women, allows approved full ...
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Three years after a California law that pharmacists prescription contraceptives to provide girls and women, allows approved full effect on Friday.
With Oregon and Washington, California allows now to provide pharmaceutical recipe available birth control methods for women regardless of age under Senate Bill 493, the place of discussions in the Regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy.
what you need to know
Anyone who needs to get control of the self-administered as injections birth, the pill, the ring and the patch may be pharmacies and fill out a questionnaire.
Jon Roth, executive director of the California Pharmacists Association, said an appointment contraceptives available at pharmacies are not required.
6500 State pharmacies are open outside normal business hours, he said.
"This means that these regulations go a long way to enhance women's access to contraceptives," said Roth.
Meanwhile methods, including must be inserted devices intra - uterine device (IUD) can not be managed by pharmacists.
If you decide to get contraceptives, you need to control blood pressure and have to answer, such as the birth control to make sure is safe for you.
Pharmacists can recommend types of birth control methods, or specifically ask what kind you want. It is not over-the-counter considered.
After selecting the pharmacist will tell you how the drug works, how to take, and possible side effects.
Doubts and problems
Experts and customers have raised questions about the impact of the law in practice. The focus is on how pharmacists problems can occur when girls and women begin to use contraception.
Lori Herman systems analyst told the Los Angeles Times that her had suffered two daughters nausea and headache after taking the pill for the first time. Herman took his daughters to the doctor to diagnose the problem and find other methods to prove.
Deepjot California obstetrician Dr. Singh said nearly 50 percent of his patients who start contraception in a different way in their first year should change.
Some come and complain of weight gain, acne or unexpected bleeding and Singh he said considering the effects of the drug take must.
With that said Singh that pharmacists do not replace doctors in doctor visits.
If that's true, said a professor at the University of Southern California Kathleen Besinque drugmaker women doctors must answer questions that do not or that the patient needs advice.
"The idea is not that women should go to the pharmacy," she said . "There is only one choice."
Meanwhile, representatives of Washington Medical Association say that the law pharmacists can dispense contraceptives for women in the state for over 30 years was carried out.
Although the law effective Friday most pharmacies in California, birth control will face in the coming days. Pharmacy chains are likely to test the service in some initial positions.
In addition, insurers have the cost of contraceptive methods meet in pharmacies and pharmacists can offer buy could pay for birth control.
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