How long before I can get birth control without paying??

Hello!
I'm moving to Glasgow in May and am wondering how many months worth of bc pills I should bring (ie how long before you can get it free!?!)
Thanks!

You can go to any family planning clinic and get it free straight away.

Thank you!

if you're going to switch from a US branded pill to a UK branded pill... i have a suggestion for you.  i took one of those medical leaflet thingys that are in all RX in the US (you know- the ones you usually throw away without looking at).  well i brought that leaflet into my UK doctor- becuase the active ingredients for each color pill were clearly marked, it was realatively straightforward to find a UK pill with the same active ingredients.  i think i got lucky- i don't think all US pills are in the UK. 

very good idea, meggles.

very good idea, meggles.

When I came here, I just brought my old US pills in with me to the doc. She was able to look it up in her med reference book and find a UK substitute.

please god, let them have yasmin in the uk

I would really recommend that you go to a family planning clinic first time round rather than just going to your GP.  Someone at an FPC is going to sit and discuss all your options with you rather than just prescribe the pill they think is closest to the one you have been taking so far.

I am not saying all GP's are like this, but obviously people at FPC's have specialist knowledge.

Victoria

I would really recommend that you go to a family planning clinic first time round rather than just going to your GP.  Someone at an FPC is going to sit and discuss all your options with you rather than just prescribe the pill they think is closest to the one you have been taking so far.

I am not saying all GP's are like this, but obviously people at FPC's have specialist knowledge.

Victoria

That's true.  I went to the FPC and a real doctor - who is also a gynae consultant at the Royal Infirmary - went thru all the options that specifically suit me, a woman in her mid-30s who has completed childbearing.  It was great b/c I had a few postpartum concerns and she could address those, too. 

please god, let them have yasmin in the uk

They do, which was why when I went on the pill in 2005 (while still in the US) I'd asked for that particular one.  But then I got here and my GP says they don't prescribe Yasmin for someone of my weight  so she put me on Cerazette instead.  Which is freakin fantastic!    After the first couple months no side effects and no periods!

Amen to that!  Cerazette rocks so much that i am still taking it even though my love life has died a death!!!


Victoria

Cerazette was the worst thing to happen to me since meeting my ex-boyfriend.  It made me break out in cystic acne, killed my sex drive entirely and I had 3 periods in 21 days.  Thru the last pack away w/a fortnight left in it.

IF you know you have a bad reaction to progestin, it's not for you.

Yeah, I cannot take anything with mostly progesterine (sp?) in it.  Depo Provera nearly killed me (and made me into a fat blob).  I take Orthotricyclen LO, which works perfectly for me.

Uber Yank-did you get Orthotrycyclen Lo here??? I was told I couldn't get it here, changed to something else that gave me 2 periods a month, and am now trying the only other one suitable for me, according to my gp(older, and weight issue as well). 

Snupy...No, I haven't found Orthotryclen Lo here.  I don't think they have it.  What did your Dr. put you on? I'd like to know as I gain weight easily on bc pills as well.