Slynd (Drospirenone 4mg) Progestogen-Only Pill – 3 Months (84 Tablets)

Slynd is a prescription-only progestogen-only pill (POP). Each active tablet contains drospirenone 4mg. Unlike most progestogen-only pills, it is taken as 24 active tablets followed by 4 inactive tablets, and it allows up to 24 hours for a late pill. It contains no oestrogen, so it can suit many women who cannot take a combined pill. At Ways Pharmacy it is supplied only after a pharmacist has assessed your health and confirmed that it is suitable for you.

How to access this medicine

1. Start your free online assessment. Complete a short questionnaire and confirm your identity by uploading photo ID or showing it on a video call. Progestogen-only pills do not need a blood pressure reading.
2. Pharmacist reviews and speaks with you. A GPhC-registered pharmacist contacts you by phone or video to confirm whether this medicine is suitable for you. They go through your medical history, other medicines and any chance of pregnancy, and explain how to take the pill and what to do if you miss one.
3. If suitable, order and pay on this page. Once the pharmacist confirms the medicine is suitable, you select the pack and check out on this page, or call 020 8106 7084. If it is not suitable — including when the pharmacist recommends advice only — you pay nothing and the pharmacist explains your other options. If you have already paid and the pharmacist finds the medicine is not suitable, you receive a full refund.
4. We post your medicine or you collect it. Once approved, orders placed by 3pm on a weekday are posted the same day (see our shipping policy), or you can collect from our Holborn pharmacy.

There is no separate consultation fee. If the medicine you chose is not suitable, the pharmacist may suggest another option.

If you are 16 or 17, you can consult online without a parent or guardian. If you are under 16, contraception is available only through a face-to-face consultation with the pharmacist, on your own, at our Holborn pharmacy. Young people's confidentiality is respected, in line with national guidance.

About this medicine

Dosage

• Take one tablet every day at about the same time: a white active tablet for the first 24 days, then a green inactive tablet for the next 4 days
• Start the next strip the day after you finish the green tablets, with no break
• If you are more than 24 hours late taking a white tablet, protection may be reduced. Follow the patient information leaflet and speak to a pharmacist promptly if you are unsure or have had sex — you may need emergency contraception.
• Vomiting or severe diarrhoea can also stop the pill working properly — see the leaflet

The pharmacist will explain when to start and whether you need extra contraception, such as condoms, for the first few days. Bleeding may be irregular, especially in the first months.

A first supply is up to 3 months. After a review confirming the pill still suits you, up to 12 months can be supplied at a time, and you can then order more than one pack at a time.

See our contraceptive pill service for other pill options.

Warnings and who should not take this medicine

• Anyone who is or might be pregnant
• A current blood clot (DVT or pulmonary embolism)
• Severe kidney problems or kidney failure
• Severe liver disease, or liver tumours
• Breast cancer or another cancer that may be sensitive to hormones, now or in the past
• Unexplained vaginal bleeding
• Medicines that make the pill less effective, such as some epilepsy medicines, rifampicin, rifabutin, some HIV medicines and St John's wort — tell the pharmacist everything you take

Drospirenone can raise potassium levels in some people. Tell the pharmacist if you have kidney problems or take medicines that can raise potassium, such as some blood pressure medicines or potassium supplements. The pill does not protect against sexually transmitted infections — see our STI testing service.

Possible side effects

The most commonly reported are acne, irregular or unexpected bleeding, headache and breast pain. Other possible effects include mood changes, nausea and weight change. Contact a pharmacist or doctor if you get a painful swollen leg, chest pain or sudden breathlessness.

Regulatory information

• Legal status: Prescription-only medicine (POM), supplied under a Patient Group Direction after pharmacist assessment
• Pharmacy: Ways Pharmacy, 77 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET · GPhC-registered premises 9012227
• Patient information leaflet: electronic Medicines Compendium (emc)
• Report suspected side effects through the MHRA Yellow Card Scheme

This page gives factual information about a prescription-only medicine and is not an advertisement to the public. It is supplied only after a pharmacist has assessed that it is suitable for you.