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Originally Posted by ebianca
Hi
Is there any websites where I can find out if the pill i take in UK is available in NZ?
Also is there a charge for the pill in NZ as they are free in the UK and how long do the doctors usually give a prescription for?
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This is a page relating to
oral contraceptives and blood clots, but further down it does give you some idea of the types of pill available in NZ, some of which you may recognise.
I took a few names and ran them through the Pharmac search. Femulen didn’t show up at all, but the other couple I tried brought up prices and stated there was no full subsidy. I’m not sure whether that means contraception isn’t free in NZ, so perhaps some of our lady members can confirm or deny this.
And think yourself lucky! From
here .
Women were preventing pregnancy long before there were any books about it—in fact, even before there was paper for printing the books. The first prescription for a contraceptive was written on papyrus around 1550 B.C. It seems to have called for crocodile dung to be inserted into the vagina, as the ancient Egyptians preferred. For ancient Arabians, elephant dung mixed with honey was the method of choice. And women in Northern Canada drank a potion of dried beaver testicles mixed with alcohol to avoid pregnancy.
