A study published this month in the Obstetrics & Gynecology Journal concludes that text messaging is effective in helping women continue oral contraceptives.

Participants receiving the intervention were more likely to continue oral contraception than control participants at 6 months (odds ratio 1.44, 95% confidence interval 1.03–2.00) in analyses adjusted for age, race or ethnicity, age at coitarche, pregnancy history, and OCP experience.

CONCLUSION: The use of daily educational text messages improves OCP continuation at 6 months over routine care alone.

We’re happy to see the research supporting this method.  We began providing text message reminders as a free service to our patients in 2010. You can sign up for daily reminders by texting PillPixy to 74700.  If you’d prefer a more anonymous text, we can send you reminders to drink water.  Text WaterPixy to 74700. 

We also offer the service in Spanish:

Apúntate hoy para recibir un mensaje de texto diario en tu teléfono: envía el texto HadaMadrina al 74700

 O si prefieres un texto menos explícito, podemos recordarte que bebas agua: envía el texto HadaAgua al 74700.

If you have any questions about Pill Pixy, email us at pillpixy@ppcentralnc.org

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