Sunday, December 17, 2006

Drugstores still dealing with birth control pill shortage

Are Triphasil and Alesse available in your pharmacy? Leave a message in the comments section.

From the Halifax Chronicle Herald:
Popular birth control pills Alesse and Triphasil are in short supply again.

Pharmacists at several Halifax drug dispensaries confirmed Friday that they are experiencing difficulties obtaining the oral contraceptives.

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the American firm that manufactures the pills, said last month that it had been experiencing problems at its production plants since the summer. ...more

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good morning, as of today, Jan. 3rd 2007, I can't get Triphasil in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The alternative offered to me, Triquilar, gives me side effects.