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1:15Now PlayingThe Food and Drug Administration approved the country’s first birth control pill to be sold over the counter. Here's when Opill will become available.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday signed off on Opill (norgestrel), a once-a-day tablet available by prescription since 1973 that will soon be readily available to consumers online and at drug stores, grocery stores and convenience stores.
“Today’s approval marks the first time a nonprescription daily oral contraceptive will be an available option for millions of people in the United States,” said Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
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