10,963
edits
Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.
Oslo: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Contraception (Birth Control)
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Norway, most forms of contraception, such as pills and IUDs, are only available with a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, once you have a prescription, you can find many forms of contraception at pharmacies and health clinics. Additionally, condoms are widely available and require no prescription. They can be found in pharmacies, supermarkets, sex shops, kiosks and many other locations. | In Norway, most forms of contraception, such as pills and IUDs, are only available with a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, once you have a prescription, you can find many forms of contraception at pharmacies and health clinics. Additionally, condoms are widely available and require no prescription. They can be found in pharmacies, supermarkets, sex shops, kiosks and many other locations. F | ||
Like other Scandinavian countries, Norway is rather progressive | Like other Scandinavian countries, Norway is rather progressive when it comes to sexual and reproductive issues. For example, the state-funded educational television series, Newton, runs a sex education program.<ref>[http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a40506/norwegian-sex-ed-show-teaches-kids-what-we-all-wish-wed-learned-back-then/ Norwegian Sex-Ed Show Teaches Kids What We All Wish We'd Learned Back Then]</ref> | ||
According to a 2015 report, it was found that 78.6% of Norwegian women (who are of reproductive age and married/in unions) use some form of contraception and 6.1% of Norwegian women have unmet family planning needs. The most common forms of contraception are birth control pills (27%), IUDs (20.3%), condoms (11.1%) and female sterilization (6.7%). There were rather low rates of usage for traditional methods, such as the withdrawal method (4.0%) and the rhythm method (3.1%), as well as contraceptive implants (2.9%) and injectables (0.0%). | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* In Norway, you can buy '''condoms''' at pharmacies, kiosks, vending machines, grocery stores, department stores, sex shops, perfume boutiques, hairdressers and petrol/gas stations.<ref>[https://hivnorge.no/English/Condoms HIV Norway: Condoms]</ref> You can purchase condoms from online retailers like [https://www.biovea.com/ Biovea], which sell a variety of brands, such as Trojan and Durex, and can deliver the condoms to your Norwegian address. There's also a [https://helsenorge.no/sex-og-samliv/prevensjon/kondom website] where you can order condoms online for free. | * In Norway, you can buy '''condoms''' at pharmacies, kiosks, vending machines, grocery stores, department stores, sex shops, perfume boutiques, hairdressers and petrol/gas stations.<ref>[https://hivnorge.no/English/Condoms HIV Norway: Condoms]</ref> You can purchase condoms from online retailers like [https://www.biovea.com/ Biovea], which sell a variety of brands, such as Trojan and Durex, and can deliver the condoms to your Norwegian address. There's also a [https://helsenorge.no/sex-og-samliv/prevensjon/kondom website] where you can order condoms online for free. | ||
* You can find spermicide at the pharmacy/chemist and no prescription is needed.<ref>[http://introengelsk.cappelendamm.no/c35003/artikkel/vis.html?tid=35116 Contraception]</ref> | * You can find '''spermicide''' at the pharmacy/chemist and no prescription is needed.<ref>[http://introengelsk.cappelendamm.no/c35003/artikkel/vis.html?tid=35116 Contraception]</ref> | ||
* In Norway, you'll need to first get a prescription | * In Norway, you can find a variety of '''birth control pill''' brands. But first, you'll need to first get a prescription to access the pills. To do this, you can arrange an appointment with a General Practitioner, who will provide a basic consultation and may offer to do a pelvic exam/pap smear (though this isn't compulsory). Then, a one-year prescription for a birth control pill is usually written. Once you have a prescription, you can obtain the pills at pharmacies, health clinics or IPPF-affiliated programs. Some of the birth control pill brands you can expect see at pharmacies include Almina, Cerazette, Conludag, Desogestrel Orifarm, Marvelon, Mercilon, Microluton, Microgynon, Nordette, Oralcon, Qlaira, Synfase, Vinelle, Yasmin, Yasminelle and Yaz.<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | ||
** Tip: "After losing our luggage by the airline, we went to the pharmacy Boots Apotek Grunerløkka, located Sofienberggata 6, 0551 Oslo, Norway. The pharmacist very kindly helped me to find the equivalence of my pill in its database and sold it to me without problem." | ** Tip: "After losing our luggage by the airline, we went to the pharmacy Boots Apotek Grunerløkka, located Sofienberggata 6, 0551 Oslo, Norway. The pharmacist very kindly helped me to find the equivalence of my pill in its database and sold it to me without problem." | ||
* You can find the '''contraceptive patch,''' like the Evra patch, in Norway, but a prescription is needed. Once you have a prescription, you can find it at the pharmacy.<ref>[http://introengelsk.cappelendamm.no/c35003/artikkel/vis.html?tid=35116 Contraception]</ref> | * You can find the '''contraceptive patch,''' like the Evra patch, in Norway, but a prescription is needed. Once you have a prescription, you can find it at the pharmacy.<ref>[http://introengelsk.cappelendamm.no/c35003/artikkel/vis.html?tid=35116 Contraception]</ref> | ||
| Line 37: | Line 39: | ||
* The price for the '''contraceptive implant''', such as Nexplanon, is around 1,128.10 kr (as of January 2018).<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | * The price for the '''contraceptive implant''', such as Nexplanon, is around 1,128.10 kr (as of January 2018).<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | ||
* As for '''contraceptive injectables''', the price for 1 ml (pre-filled syringe) of 150 mg Depo-Provera is 88.60 kr, as of January 2018.<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | * As for '''contraceptive injectables''', the price for 1 ml (pre-filled syringe) of 150 mg Depo-Provera is 88.60 kr, as of January 2018.<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | ||
* As for '''contraceptive rings''', the price for a 3-piece pack of Nuvaring is 368.50 kr, as of January 2018.ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | * As for '''contraceptive rings''', the price for a 3-piece pack of Nuvaring is 368.50 kr, as of January 2018.<ref>[https://www.felleskatalogen.no/medisin/m Felleskatalogen - Medicines]</ref> | ||
==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ||