Increasing access to emergency contraception through online prescription requests.
JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE(2010)
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe a pilot program, Plan B Online Prescription Access, to provide easy access to prescriptions for emergency contraception via the Internet. STUDY DESIGN: We measured electronic prescriptions for Plan B (Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Cincin- nati, Ohio) by month over time. Pharmacists faxed patient-generated prescriptions back to the Department of Public Health for confirmation. RESULTS: Despite no marketing, within the first 18 months of the program, 152 electronic prescriptions for Plan B were requested by 128 female San Francisco residents. Seventy-eight prescriptions were filled (51%) by pharmacists. CONCLUSION: If correctly marketed, online prescriptions for Plan B have the potential to be an effective means of increasing emergency contraception access in both urban and rural settings across the United States. Further user-acceptability studies are warranted. (J Reprod Med 2010;55:157-160)
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emergency contraception,oral contraceptives,unplanned pregnancy
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