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Learn how ORTHO EVRA safely and effectively helps prevent pregnancy.
How ORTHO EVRA Works
Watch ORTHO EVRA Work
About Patches
How ORTHO EVRA works
When you wear ORTHO EVRA, patch technology delivers a steady
flow of hormones through the skin and into your bloodstream over a period of
7 days. ORTHO EVRA contains the same hormones found in the Pill—progestin and estrogen.
Like the birth control pill, ORTHO EVRA works in several ways to help prevent
pregnancy:
- It helps prevent ovulation, which means that an egg is not released by
one of your ovaries for fertilization.
- It thickens cervical mucus so that sperm are less likely to enter your
uterus.
- It causes changes in the endometrium to reduce the likelihood of implantation.
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Watch It Work
See how the ORTHO EVRA birth control patch delivers hormones into your body.
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About Patches
Patches steadily deliver medicine through your skin and into your
bloodstream over a period of time. Patch technology is a simple, efficient and
convenient way to provide a constant flow of medicine into your body.
Although each patch is different, most have 3 layers that help you get the medicine
you need:
- A seal on the outer surface to protect the Patch from damage
- A compartment that holds the medication
- An adhesive backing that keeps the Patch on your skin with little or
no irritation
A patch is not a daily pill, an injection or a diaphragm. Patches do not prevent
against HIV or sexually transmitted diseases.
In addition to birth control, patch technology is used to deliver medication for
the following purposes:
- Pain management
- Smoking cessation
- Treatment of heart disease
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Management of motion sickness
- Treatment of chronic pain (moderate to severe)
- Treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension)
- Prevention of chest pain (angina)
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