For Women Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists who take Oral Birth Control Pills, Hormone-Free Phexxi Contraceptive Gel is a Logical Solution to Help Prevent Unintended Pregnancy

— New weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound
may make oral birth control pills less effective at certain points —

SAN DIEGO, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1s, is skyrocketing in the United States, with more than nine million prescriptions for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and similar diabetes and obesity drugs written during the last three months of 2022 alone.¹ Zepbound weekly prescriptions hit 25,000 in December 2023, just one month after it was approved to treat obesity.² These drugs may make oral birth control pills less effective at certain points in the dosing schedule, making an unintended pregnancy more likely.

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