Gynecology/ Family Planning:

CONTRACEPTIVE REFILL HOURS are

NOTE:  There are no refills between 12:00PM and 1:30PM or after 3:00PM.

Birth Control

Student Health Services offers counseling about prescription and non-prescription birth control.  The following birth control products may be supplied at family planning visits:

• Condoms, both male and female condoms
• Spermicides
• Emergency contraception, also called the “morning after pill”
• Oral hormonal birth control pills:
• Sronyx (also called Alesse, Lutera, or Aviane)
• OrthoTriCyclen
• OrthoCyclen
• OrthoTriCyclen LO (limited supplies)
• Ortho Evra (also called “the patch”) – No new starts/new patients
• NuvaRing - No new starts/new patients
• Progestin only pill (Micronor; also called the mini pill)
• Depo-Provera injections
• Diaphragms (a gynecology appointment is required for fitting)

Availability of supplies and specific products may vary at times.
If you are interested in a form of birth control not listed, information is available at Student Health about local resources to obtain other methods such as an intrauterine device or Implanon.

Birth control appointments are routine or “future” appointments.  Call 215-204-7500 to schedule an appointment.  A new birth control method can be started during an annual gynecology appointment.

If you want to get birth control through Student Health Services but have had a gynecology examination and/or Pap test elsewhere in the past year, it is your responsibility to have a copy of your last gynecology examination records sent to Student Health Services. You can get a copy of a medical records request form on-line. Complete the form and return it to Student Health Services.  Schedule an appointment with one of our physicians or nurse practitioners to update your health history and obtain a new birth control order.  You must have this type of appointment at Student Health Services at least once a year.  Prescriptions from outside healthcare providers are not filled at our dispensary.

If your Student Health physician or nurse practitioner has written an ongoing prescription for birth control, you may refill your birth control at the dispensary during refill hours.  All prescription orders expire one year after issue.  At your visit, discuss how long your order will extend.  Sometimes follow-up appointments are requested with your provider.

Contact with the dispensary is requested if you are unable to come during these hours.  No refills are provided during Saturday office hours.

For more information about birth control, please visit:

http://www.arhp.org/MethodMatch