Innovative Contraception as Easy as Once-a-week

For most women on the pill, the only assurance they have is that the oral pill has been proven effective all over the world for many years now. This assurance, however, depends largely on the women’s compliance on the proper dosage. They have to remember to take it everyday to avoid the risk of unplanned pregnancy.

With all the modern technology and medical breakthroughs today, shouldn’t there be something less constraining yet as effective as the daily pill? Fortunately, there is an innovative transdermal patch contraceptive that works effectively and more conveniently than the traditional oral pill. Distributed by Janssen Pharmaceutica in the market as Norelgestromin (NGMN) Ethinyl estradio (EE), this breakthrough contraceptive has been tested for its safety and efficacy with proper application.

The patch works effectively and more conveniently than the traditional pill.

The most obvious advantage of this first transdermal patch contraceptive is that women need only to use it once a week, or at least three times a month. That’s a real relief compared to taking the oral pill every 24 hours! Each patch works for 7 days. A new patch will have to be applied on the same day that the previous patch was applied. The cycle continues for three consecutive weeks. On the fourth week, the user can stay patch-free for 7 days. The next cycle begins the day after the last application was made.

The patch can be placed on any four areas of the skin: the buttocks, abdomen, upper outer arm, upper outer torso.

Women, specially those who are “married” to their careers, will realize that the burden of having to remember something each and everyday can be quite liberating. Now, they can have more time to focus on other things like career or higher studies. On the other hand, mothers can also concentrate on being responsible parents by keeping a small family first until such time that they are financially, psychologically, and emotionally ready to raise a bigger family.

Women can still go swimming, sweat it out in the gym or even go for a steam bath with the patch on.

Transdermal patch contraceptives are so covenient that active women can still go swimming, sweat it out in the gym, bathe, or even go for a steam bath with the patch on. That’s because this patch has been tested for its adhesion when properly applied. It can be placed on any of four areas of the skin: on the buttocks, abdomen, upper outer arms, or upper outer-torso. It is also thin so no one can hardly notice that it’s there.

Even the most forgetful woen can get a reprieve from using the transdermal contraceptive patch. If, by any chance, the user still forgot to change her patch on schedule, she still has to more days to cap up since NGMN and EE allows effective contraception up to two days. To top it all, it will remain more than 99% effective if applied correctly.