Now you can buy pills to delay your PERIOD on the high street: Superdrug announces it will offer norethisterone to women in store
- Norethisterone is still classified as a prescription-only medicine by officials
- This means women will not simply be able to walk in and pick it up of a shelf
- Instead, shoppers will need to have a consultation with the on-site pharmacist
- The high street retailer said the move was in respond to demand from women
Superdrug has today announced it will begin offering a period delaying pills at all of its stores in Britain with pharmacies.
Norethisterone is still classified as a prescription-only medicine, meaning women will not be able to walk in and pick it up of a shelf.
Instead, women seeking the pills at the high street chain will need a consultation with the on-site pharmacist before they can walk away with it.
Superdrug has announced it will begin offering norethisterone at all of its stores in Britain with pharmacies as of today
The high street retailer said it was responding to demand from women who want more choice when it comes to their bodies.
Superdrug already sells norethisterone through its online doctor service, alongside its competitors Boots and LloydsPharmacy.
However, women opting to get the pill online – whose requests have to be reviewed by a doctor – can not get in straight away.
Women seeking the pills in a Superdrug store have to fill out a questionnaire and have a consultation with a pharmacist. They must be over 18.
If successful, the pharmacists in the stores, who all have the ability to prescribe, will then issue a prescription and immediately dole out the pills.
The pills cost £29.00 for a 10-day supply.
Norethisterone needs to be taken three days before the expected period begins – it delays menstruation until three days after the last tablet.
Michael Henry, Superdrug’s healthcare director said: ‘We continue to look for ways to bring accessible healthcare to our customers on the high street.
Superdrug already sells norethisterone through its online doctor service, alongside its competitors Boots and LloydsPharmacy
Dr Pixie McKenna, Superdrug’s Health Ambassador, said: ‘The Period Delay Pill offers women more choice when it comes to their periods.’
However, the NHS warns taking norethisterone tablets to delay your period will not protect you against pregnancy because it is not a contraceptive.
Women who take a combined contraceptive pill can delay their period by skipping the one-week pill break at the end of the three week course.
Instead of taking the seven day break, they need to start a new pack straight away – delaying their period until the end of those pills.
Norethisterone is the synthetic version of a sex hormone which naturally occurs in the human body.
It belongs to a group of hormones called progestogens, which are also found in mini pills and combined contraceptive pills.
Norethisterone does have side effects, including heart palpitations, bloating, tender breasts and nausea, according to the packaging.
In rare cases, it can also raise the risk of life-threatening deep vein thrombosis, which can result in a stroke or blood clot in the lungs.
WHAT STORES ARE OFFERING THE PERIOD DELAYING PILLS?
Aberdeen St Nicholas
Accrington
Andover
Ashford
Ashington
Banbury
Bank
Barking
Barnsley
Basingstoke
Bath
Battersea
Beckenham
Bedford-All Hallows
Bedminster
Beverley
Bicester
Bilston
Birkenhead
Bitterne-Southampton
Blackburn
Bognor Regis
Bootle
Boscombe
Bracknell
Bradford
Bridgwater
Bridlington
Brighton
Bristol-Broadmead
Brixton
Bury St Edmunds
Buxton
Caerphilly
Camberley
Camberwell
Cambridge
Cambridge-Sidney St
Canterbury
Cardiff-Albany Road
Carlisle-The Lanes
Castleford
Catford
Cheltenham
Chester
Chester le Street
Clapham Common
Congleton
Coventry-Hertford St
Coventry-Market Way
Cowley
Croydon-Centrale
Croydon-Whitgift
Dalston
Daventry
Derby-Cornmarket
Derby-Eagle Centre
Doncaster-F’gate
Dorchester
Dundee-Overgate
Dundee-Wellgate
Ealing (Broadway)
East Sheen
Eastcote
Edgware
Edinburgh
Edmonton Green
Elephant & Castle
Erdington
Exeter
Falmouth
Fareham
Ferryquay
Fleet
Folkestone
Fulham
Glenrothes
Gorleston-on-Sea
Grantham
Grimsby
Guildford
Hammersmith
Hanley
Hanwell
Harborne
Harrogate
Harrow
Hayes
Hemel Hempstead
High Wycombe
Holborn Tube
Holloway
Horsham
Huddersfield
Hull
Huyton
Ilford
Ilfracombe
Inverness
Islington
Keighley
Kendal
Kilburn
Knowle
Lancaster
Largs
Leamington Spa
Leeds-Kirkgate
Leeds-Merrion Ctr
Leicester
Letchworth
Liverpool
Llandudno
Llanelli
Loughborough
Lowestoft
Luton
Maidenhead
Manchester-Piccadilly
Mansfield
Mearns Cross
Melton Mowbray
Mersey Square
Milton Keynes
Monmouth
Newark
Newbury
Newmarket
Newport
Newton Abbot
Norbury
Northampton
Northampton – Hub
Northfield
Northumberland Street
Norwich
NRDC – Pontefract
Nuneaton
Orpington
Perth
Plymouth
Plymouth-Cornwall St
Preston
Reading
Redruth
Retford
Rochdale
Romsey
Rotherham
Runcorn
Rutherglen
Salisbury
Sheerness
Shepherd’s Bush
Sittingbourne
Slough
Slough-Farnham Rd
Solihull-Touchwood
Southend
Southport
Spalding
St Pauls
Stafford
Stamford
Stevenage
Stirling
Strand
Streatham
Stroud
Sudbury
Sunderland
Sutton
Sutton in Ashfield
Swansea
Swiss Cottage
Sydenham
Taunton
Telford
Thornton Heath
Tiverton
Torquay
Trowbridge
Truro
Tunstall
Upton Park
Wakefield
Walthamstow
Walworth Road
Warrington
Warrington C’Edge
Watford
Wellingborough
Wellington
West Bromwich
West Norwood
Wimbledon
Windsor
Winton
Wolverhampton
Woolston
Worcester Park
Worcester St Swithins
Worthing
Wrexham
Yeovil
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