Birth Control @ Student Health Center?!

Birth Control @ Student Health Center?

Since my doctor is quite a ways away from where I go to school, can I go to my student health center and get birth control pills without talking to my doctor?

Yes. Do you mean during the school year? Usually doctors give birth control pill prescriptions for 12 months because you need a pelvic exam every 12 months, during which time your gynecologist will issue you a new prescription. If you have your pills on you right now with your old pharmacy information sticker, all you need to do is take is take it to your student health services pharmacy. That pharmacy will call your old pharmacy to confirm it's a good prescription and that you're really you. You shouldn't have any trouble transferring prescriptions. I do it all the time.

If you're not on the pill yet and would like to be, you need to go in for a pelvic and PAP. A doctor's prescription is required to get the pill. I'm sure your student health center performs pelvics, since they're basic preventative care. When everything comes back normal, your new gynecologist will give you your new prescription. Don't worry too much about leaving behind your family doctor from back home; it's just a necessary thing when you're going to school. Most universities have great clinics and doctors, anyway.