Where can you buy birth control and what works best?

Some birth control methods are free (abstinence, natural family planning or fertility awareness-based methods, withdrawal), some are available at any pharmacy (male condoms, female condoms, spermicides, sponges), and the remainder are available by prescription from a doctor (the pill, the patch, the ring, the IUD, the implant, the shot, diaphragms, and cervical caps). You have to get a prescription for hormonal birth control because it is a medicine, and you shouldn't take it if you have certain risk factors (smoking, blood clots, etc.) and therefore you need a doctor to assess its suitability for you and prescribe it as a safe contraceptive. Diaphragms and cervical caps need to be fitted by a doctor. It's pretty hard to figure out what's best without knowing your needs and desires; take a look at the list of questions here to get a general idea of the different aspects you need to think about: http://cand86.tumblr.com/post/15574476828/why-it-is-impossible-to-answer-the-question-what-is-a Hope that helps!

Condoms: pharmacy, larger supermarkets Femidoms: phamacy Diaphagm: made to fit, see your doctor Pill:Pharmacy only, requires prescription Depo Provera shot: Pharmacy only, requires prescription and doctor to administer Implant and coil: Pharmacy only, requires doctor to insert. All forms of birth control are available at all family planning clinics/planned parenthood. What works best is completely down to the individual. If you want a quick return of fertility, opt for something non hormonal, like the copper coil or condoms. If you want long term, either the copper coil or Mirena, or the implant. Hormonal works best, and the less you need to remember, the less likely the chances of failure. You can forget to take a pill, but you can't forget anything with the implant or coil. Research your options and see what's best for you. Hormonal forms of BC can have undesirable side effects - weight gain, acne, mood swings, but not every hormonal form is made with the same dosing or the same synthetic hormones.

Condoms: pharmacy, larger supermarkets Femidoms: phamacy Diaphagm: made to fit, see your doctor Pill:Pharmacy only, requires prescription Depo Provera shot: Pharmacy only, requires prescription and doctor to administer Implant and coil: Pharmacy only, requires doctor to insert. All forms of birth control are available at all family planning clinics/planned parenthood. What works best is completely down to the individual. If you want a quick return of fertility, opt for something non hormonal, like the copper coil or condoms. If you want long term, either the copper coil or Mirena, or the implant. Hormonal works best, and the less you need to remember, the less likely the chances of failure. You can forget to take a pill, but you can't forget anything with the implant or coil. Research your options and see what's best for you. Hormonal forms of BC can have undesirable side effects - weight gain, acne, mood swings, but not every hormonal form is made with the same dosing or the same synthetic hormones.