Loryna^®

Loryna® comes with 24 active pills and four inactive pills, and you take one pill a day. The active ingredients—estrogen and progestin—team up in your body to stop you from ovulating.

Like any birth control, Loryna® can have some adverse interactions with other medications. Some medications can lower the effectiveness of Loryna®, while others can cause you to have an adverse reaction. The best course of action is to let your provider know exactly what drugs you are taking and if you have any allergies.

If you have diabetes, you need to be careful when taking Loryna®, as it can raise your blood sugar levels.

Additionally, women with a history of blood clots, heart disease, liver or kidney problems, depression, or migraines with aura should talk with their care provider to find an alternative form of birth control which might be a better fit.

Luckily, there is a low chance of side effects when taking Loryna®. However, there is always the slight possibility you might experience some adverse effects. These might include irregular uterine bleeding, nausea, breast tenderness, or headaches. You might also find your period becomes lighter or you skip it altogether.

Women who experience these symptoms find that they often taper off in a few months as their bodies adjust to the hormonal doses Loryna® provides.

While not originally intended to treat acne, studies have found that some birth control medications can reduce breakouts and inflammation.

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 an $18 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.