Northern Illinois University

Health Services

Birth Control Pills

The following oral contraceptives are currently available at the Health Service Pharmacy. You must provide us with a new prescription either written, faxed (815-753-5906), or phoned (815-753-9706) to our pharmacy.

Monophasics:

  • Apri  (generic Desogen)
  • Aviane  (generic Alesse)
  • Cryselle  (generic Lo/Ovral)
  • Junel 1/20 FE  (generic LoEstrin 1/20 FE)
  • Junel 1.5/30 FE  (generic LoEstrin 1.5/30 FE)
  • Kariva  (generic Mircette)
  • Loestrin-24
  • Nortrel 0.5/35  (generic Modicon)
  • Nortrel 1/35  (generic Ortho Novum 1/35)
  • Portia  (generic Nordette)
  • Sprintec  (generic Ortho Cyclen)

Triphasics:

  • Ortho Tri Cyclen

If you would like to fill your oral contraceptive prescription at Health Services and you do not see the name of the pill you are looking for, please call the Pharmacy at 815-753-9706 to see if we have a therapeutically equivalent product to the one you are looking for.   You may want to discuss this option with your practitioner.