Contraceptive pill assessment online
An online doctor assessment for starting or switching the contraceptive pill. For adults in Australia. One-off doctor review: $49.95. Pharmacy costs are separate if a prescription is approved.
Complete a secure clinical form. A doctor reviews it and may call you briefly before prescribing.
Safety checks come before payment. Full refund if the doctor declines. Prescription is not guaranteed.
Before you start
The service in one glance
Eligibility
Australia only · 18+
For prescribing, you need either Medicare details or a valid IHI, plus an Australian address.
Review fee
$49.95
One-off doctor review. Pharmacy costs are separate if a prescription is approved.
Safety checks
Before payment
Possible pregnancy and specified pill-safety risks stop this paid pathway before checkout.
Four answers can stop this paid pathway before checkout
If you report possible pregnancy, migraine with aura, blood clot history, or smoking, the form directs you to a GP or sexual health clinic before payment.
Pregnant or possibly pregnant
A yes or not-sure answer stops the paid pathway so pregnancy can be ruled out or assessed through appropriate care.
Migraine with aura
A reported history stops this paid pathway and directs you to a GP or sexual health clinic.
Blood clot history
A personal or close-family clot history stops this paid pathway because it changes contraceptive safety.
Smoking
A yes answer stops this paid pathway. Smoking changes which pills may be safe, especially from age 35.
Urgent symptoms need urgent care
Seek urgent care for chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, one-sided weakness, collapse, severe headache with vision or speech symptoms, calf swelling with pain, heavy unexplained bleeding, severe pelvic pain, or possible pregnancy with pain or bleeding. Call 000 for emergencies.
Safety screen
The form checks pill-safety risks before payment. If you can continue, the doctor also considers blood pressure and other relevant health information.
Pathway choice
Starting or switching uses a women's health assessment. Continuing the same established pill usually belongs in repeat prescriptions.
Red flags
Urgent symptoms need urgent care before any online pill form.
Safety screen
Pill suitability depends on more than the brand name
- Pregnancy context: Pregnant or not sure stops the paid pathway
- Migraine history: Reported migraine with aura stops the paid pathway
- Clot and heart risk: Reported blood clot history stops the paid pathway
- Blood pressure: A current reading may be needed
Pathway choice
Start, switch, and repeat are different requests
- Start: New pill request needs full safety screen
- Switch: Current method and reason for change matter
- Repeat: Unchanged established pill uses repeat scripts
- In-person: Symptoms or uncertainty can change the route
Red flags
Some symptoms should not wait for an online form
- Call 000: Chest pain, collapse, breathlessness, or stroke signs
- Same-day care: Calf swelling, heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, or pregnancy with pain
- Safety exit: Possible pregnancy, migraine aura, clot history, or smoking stops before checkout
- Form later: Handle immediate safety first
For starting or switching the oral contraceptive pill
This pathway does not replace a sexual health clinic, physical examination, emergency contraception service, procedure, or repeat-prescription pathway.
Usually a reasonable starting point
- You are in Australia and aged 18 or over.
- For prescribing, you need either Medicare details or a valid IHI, plus an Australian address.
- You want to start an oral contraceptive pill or switch from another method.
- Your pre-checkout answers allow this online pathway to continue.
- You can provide current contraception, blood-pressure context, medical history, and medicine details clearly.
Use another pathway or in-person care
- Continuing the exact same established pill and dose. Use repeat prescriptions instead.
- Emergency contraception, implants, IUDs, injections, ring fitting, cervical screening, or STI testing.
- Pregnancy or possible pregnancy, migraine with aura, blood clot history, or an unsafe smoking context: the form stops before checkout.
- Severe pelvic pain, heavy unexplained bleeding, sexual assault, chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, collapse, or other urgent symptoms.
Safety questions first, then doctor review
The doctor decides whether a prescription is appropriate for you. You can share your current contraception and relevant history in the form.
1 · Complete the safety questions
Confirm start or switch pill in the form, then answer the health questions. Answers that rule out this pathway direct you to in-person care before payment.
2 · Doctor review
If the initial safety checks allow you to continue, an AHPRA-registered doctor reviews your request. They may need more information, such as a current blood pressure reading, before deciding whether to prescribe.
3 · $49.95, outcome, or refund
For prescribing, you need either Medicare details or a valid IHI, plus an Australian address. Pharmacy costs are separate. If clinically appropriate, the outcome is sent digitally. Prescription is not guaranteed. Full refund if the doctor declines.
If this is not the right pathway
Choose the route that matches whether you need an unchanged repeat, a different women's-health assessment, or in-person care.
Australian sources
Reviewed against Australian patient information and telehealth guidance. Last reviewed: 2026-06.
Healthdirect: combined oral contraceptive pill
Australian patient information on the combined pill, safety, and doctor advice.
Healthdirect: progestogen-only pill
Patient information on the progestogen-only pill and related contraception choices.
Healthdirect: contraception options
A plain-English overview of contraception options available in Australia.
Medical Board of Australia: telehealth consultations
The clinical standard expected when doctors provide care by telehealth.
ContraceptivepillassessmentFAQ
The essential safety, cost, and pathway questions before you start.
Request a contraceptive pill assessment
Confirm start or switch pill and complete the secure health questions. Safety checks happen before payment. A doctor reviews suitable requests and decides whether prescribing is appropriate.
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