I read in a magazine that the ways to protect yourself while having sex are: the pill, a condom, the patch, and a shot. What is the patch and where can you get it?
2007-10-16 14:32:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
You will need a percription for the patch.
2007-10-16 14:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by doc_holliday1863 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The patch is a hormonal form of contraceptive that delivers the same drugs as in the pill, but through your skin - a bit like a nicotine patch. You wear a new patch each week, then have a week off. You need a doctor's prescription for the pill, the patch or shot.
2007-10-16 14:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The patch is a prescription item and you'll need to see a doctor to get one. The patch is worn on the skin and slowly releases birth control medication into your system. It can help protect from pregnancy but not STDs. If you can't afford a doctor, call your local health department.
2007-10-16 14:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by mamabear1957 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The patch is just birth control that you stick on your body like a band-aid.
I think they are weekly patches, meaning you keep them on for a week at a time.
I don't know how old you are but you can go talk to your doctor and they will help set up birth control and give you a prescription for it.
If you are under 18 and do not want your parents knowing but you feel you need to be on birth control (please still wear a condom):
go to a local health clinic (look it up in the phone book)
they will test you for std's and examine you for the birth control and if you're okay to have it, they'll give it to you.
i hope that helps!
2007-10-16 14:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by eyesdowndarling 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can also now get
â¦Nuvaring which is a vaginal ring combined hormonal contraceptive that is available by prescription. It is a flexible plastic ring that releases a low dose of a progestin and an estrogen over 3 weeks.
â¦Ortho Evra Facts
•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:
â¦It helps prevent ovulation, which means that an egg is not released by one of your ovaries for fertilization.
â¦It thickens cervical mucus so that sperm are less likely to enter your uterus.
â¦It causes changes in the endometrium to reduce the likelihood of implantation.
Below are two websites
(1) is the Ortho Evra Patch website
(2) is the Nuvaring website
However i would suggest Nuvaring b/c its only once a month instead of once a week AND it has lower hormones
2007-10-16 14:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by Lots♥of Luv♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The patch is hormonal birth control for women, you can get it through a prescription from your doctor. It is not used to protect you against STD's however.
2007-10-16 14:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Zyggy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the birth control patch it is a prescription. you switch it everyweek. after the 3rd week you stop for a week you get your period then you start the routine again. its pretty reliable. but you should still wear a condom to prevent stds.
2007-10-16 14:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would need a prescription for your physician.. be careful because I thought it was recalled.. maybe not.. but there was at least one death associated with the patch....
but it is manufactured by OrthoEvra.. here is there link below.
My ob/gyn wouldn't write me an RX for it...
2007-10-16 14:37:33 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Kelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called ortho-evra nd you can look it up online. Something else that is becoming extremely popular is the Nuva-ring which you change out every month. You might check this out too.
2007-10-16 14:58:19 · answer #9 · answered by cookiemonster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋