Beyaz^®

Patients on Beyaz® take one pill per day through a 28-day cycle. The first 24 pills contain pregnancy-preventing hormones, while the remaining pills work to keep you in the habit of taking contraception daily.

Beyaz® works to prevent pregnancy by lightening the uterine lining (where a fertilized egg attaches), preventing ovulation, and thickening the cervical mucus to keep sperm out. When taken correctly, Beyaz® can be between 92 and 99 percent effective.

As with all medications, let your medical provider know about your allergies and any other prescriptions you are on before you take Beyaz®. The pill may interact with other drugs and increase your potassium levels. Knowing what medication you’re on can help your medical provider prevent uncomfortable side effects and life-threatening problems. Carefully consider taking Beyaz® if you’re not sure about sticking to the daily schedule. Some women can’t take a pill at the same time every day and want to use other birth control forms instead.

If you don’t take Beyaz® daily, you increase your chances of becoming pregnant. This is common with most daily pills. If you miss two periods or if your period is more than seven days late and you missed pills, then you may be pregnant. Do not continue to take Beyaz® if you become pregnant.

Side effects of Beyaz® are fairly limited and should go away after a few months on the pill. However, every woman is different, so you may experience side effects that become more severe over time. A few common side effects include:

Moodiness or irritability
Nausea or vomiting
Breast tenderness
Menstrual irregularities
Headaches
Decreased libido

Like most birth control pills, there are some serious side effects of Beyaz® that can affect your day-to-day life. These include blood clots, high blood pressure, liver problems, changes in potassium levels, and gallbladder disease.

Beyaz® is known to lighten your period where you will only have bleeding for a few days instead of your full flow. Beyaz® may stop periods in some women and make some women skip periods over a month or two. Your periods should resume when you stop taking Beyaz®. If you get regular periods and they suddenly stop, you may be pregnant, especially if you have missed days when taking the pill.

Any weight gain you experience when starting this medication is likely due to fluid retention, and should decrease after your body adjusts. If you experience significant weight gain or loss after starting a new contraceptive, it's important to let your healthcare provider know.

Your Nurx medical provider will partner with you to find the best care for your symptoms and medical concerns. As medically appropriate, a Nurx provider may prescribe birth control to help manage symptoms associated with PMS (Premenstrual syndrome) and/or PMDD (Premenstrual dysphoric disorder), or to help with cycle control (delayed period). In some cases, birth control may also be used to help manage symptoms of endometriosis and/or PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), and to assist with improving acne. While the use of birth control is considered “off-label” for these listed purposes, a licensed Nurx clinician may prescribe birth control if they deem doing so medically appropriate.

Consultation
Anyone who requests a birth control prescription will be charged a $28 consultation fee. Please note that at this time, we do not submit claims to insurance for the medical consult fee.

Medication
For those with health insurance, your prescription will be free in most cases if it is covered by your health insurance, and we accept your plan. Insurance companies set the “copay” for prescriptions and depending on your plan and the prescription, this will usually be $0. Please connect with your insurance company if you would like to learn more about your copay. If you do have a copay, Nurx will authorize a $30 hold at checkout. If your copay is over $30, you will receive a notification to approve the updated amount.

Support Fee
Nurx will charge a flat $3 support fee each month one or more of your orders are processed. This fee covers your unlimited, on-demand access to our customer care team as well as certain processing fees. This fee will only be charged once in any month, even if you have multiple orders processed that month. This fee applies whether the order is filled through Nurx or at your local pharmacy. If your order is filled via Nurx, the support fee is billed at the time of fulfillment. If your prescription is sent to a local pharmacy, a support fee will be applied at that time. In the future, the support fee will be applied on a cadence that matches your medication refill cadence.

Yes, we accept most forms of private health insurance for medications. If you’d like to know if we accept your health insurance plan, please connect with our team at [email protected]. Please note that at this time, we do not submit claims to insurance for the medical consult fee.
Nurx does not accept any federal or state government insurance plans, such as Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, or any of their affiliated managed care plans, nor can Nurx service such patients. We recommend that you find a local provider in your community that participates in your government payer program.