Quick Start: Office visit occurring between menses
“The “quick start” method allows most women with a negative urine pregnancy test to begin using the birth control pill, patch, or vaginal ring immediately after an office visit, at any point in the menstrual cycle” (AFP 2006)
For someone less than 35 and not smoking, “The only medical evaluation identified as essential before prescription of combined hormonal contraception is measurement of blood pressure, as severe hypertension is a contraindication to oral contraception.” ABFM
References
- Am Fam Physician. 2006 Jul 1;74(1):105-112. (Initiating Hormonal Contraception). http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0701/p105.html