Superdrug announces it will offer norethisterone to women in store

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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