Elinest Coupons & Prices

Elinest FAQs

How much does Elinest cost without insurance?

Elinest costs $41.43 for uninsured customers. With a SingleCare Elinest coupon, you could pay $11.88 for 1, 1 package (28 tablets), 0.3-30mg-mcg disp pack of Elinest. In fact, you can save up to 80% the retail price on all your prescription drug needs with your SingleCare discount card.

How much does Elinest cost with insurance?

The copay cost of Elinest depends on your insurance plan. When filling your prescription, ask your pharmacist to compare your insurance copay cost to what you would pay with a SingleCare Elinest coupon. Elinest only costs $11.88 when you use SingleCare at one of many participating pharmacies.

Does Medicare cover Elinest and how much does it cost?

Elinest is usually not covered by Medicare Advantage or Part D prescription drug plans. Medicare patients can instead use SingleCare Elinest coupons, welcomed at a host of nationwide pharmacies including Target, Walmart, and Fry's.

What is the brand name of Elinest?

Elinest is a generic prescription oral contraceptive for women. The brand-name alternative is Lo/Ovral, manufactured by Pfizer. Other Lo/Ovral generics are Cryselle-28 and Low-Ogestrel. Search for these and other alternatives to Elinest on our website or app to find additional information or savings coupons.

What is Elinest?

Elinest is a generic women's prescription birth control pill, the generic alternative to Pfizer's Lo/Ovral. The active ingredients are two naturally-occurring female sex hormones, ethinyl estradiol and norgestrel. Elinest is a “monophasic” birth control pill: the dose remains constant for 21 days of the 28 day cycle.

Elinest, like other birth control pills, prevents ovulation, the monthly release of an egg from the ovaries. It also changes the linings of both the cervix and uterus, blocking the movement of sperm along these linings and, if an egg is fertilized, preventing an egg from attaching to the uterine wall.

Elinest is taken daily on a 28-day schedule. For 21 of those 28 days, Elinest contains the active ingredients. The final 7 tablets taken at the end of the menstrual cycle, however, are placebos. They are medically unnecessary, but they help to keep the patient on schedule for starting the next month's sequence of birth control pills.

What are the side effects of Elinest?

Common side effects of Elinest include but are not limited to swelling, bloating, changes in menstruation, headache, nausea, vomiting, breast tenderness, vaginal itching, and vaginal discharge. Allergic reactions to Elinest are extremely rare but include rashes and hives. Mood changes are often reported: mood swings, depression, and decreased sex drive.

Nursing mothers should avoid Elinest because estrogens, besides decreasing breast milk, pass into the milk and affect the development of the infant.