Is Plan B OTC in NYC yet?

September 1, 2006 8:59 AM

New York City filter:
Is there a pharmacy in New York that has started selling Plan B Birth Control over the counter yet?
posted by Edible Energy to health (4 comments total)

From here:

Duramed plans to introduce the dual status Rx/OTC version of the product before the end of the calendar year.
posted by smackfu at 9:13 AM on September 1, 2006

It's not quite the same, but Planned Parenthood has drop-in hours for picking up EC.
posted by occhiblu at 9:19 AM on September 1, 2006

The EC site says November 1 is probably the very earliest this will happen.

More info about getting EC by city/state.
posted by occhiblu at 9:39 AM on September 1, 2006

No, and if you're looking call ahead. I was at a pharmacy in the East Village last night and there were signs saying they had run out of Plan B. I asked about them, and the pharmacist said it's not OTC yet, but they are often out this time of year because it's orientation/start of classes for all the colleges.
posted by lalex at 1:50 PM on September 1, 2006