Thread: How can I get BC without health insurance and it costing an arm and a leg??

I just went to a doctor appointment and was prescribed Birth Control to try and regulate my period. She told me that I could buy birth control over the counter at like Wal-mart or something. I'm not a hundred percent sure, I could be wrong, but it's worth a try i suppose.

Surviving on samples is not worth it. I've done that when I didn't have insurance. Really not worth it. Sometimes they don't get a delivery of something, sometimes it gets given out to other people, sometimes the office staff just get annoyed with you showing up to ask all the time, and eventually they tend to stop giving you anything without a script for legal reasons. In the US hormonal birth control like pills are not available over the counter. There are only barrier or chemical methods and you can buy some hormone supplements for women having problems but it will not work as birth control.

Wal-Mart Pharmacy does offer a few birth control pills for $9 a month. Tri-Sprintec and Sprintec (which I believe are the generic forms of Ortho Tri-Cyclen and Ortho-Cyclen) are the ones offered. You can go to Wal-Mart's website and check the list in the pharmacy section or call your local Wal-Mart pharmacy and ask.

Also, I know at some county health units, they will give you an exam and usually a 6 month-1 year supply of pills for low cost or sometimes free. It could depend on where you live, though, not every state is the same.