Alternative to the pill: Hormones are delivered over the skin. Must be changed only once a week.
Ortho Evra delivers hormones over the skin, which are inserted also by use of the pill prevents the ovulation.
Plaster is changed each week, each fourth week a break in application is intended. The square plaster in color of the skin is very similar in its effects to the pill. However the reliability could be impaired with women, whose body weight is over 90 kilograms.
In clinical tests above all heavier women became pregnant despite Ortho Evra . In the comparison to the pill however fewer women forgot the regular use.
Plaster should sticked on the belly, bottom or upper part of the body. It is changed for three times in consequence weekly, then it should - like usually with the pill - be omitted for one week. Also when bathing or swimming Ortho Evra should remain on the skin. If it should drop nevertheless, then a spare plaster must be attached; after a period of more than one day the complete cycle must again be begun.
Ortho Evra with the hormones Oestrogen and Progestin can have the same side effects then the pill and just particularly with smokers increase the thrombosis, cardiac infarction and stroke risk. According to data of Ortho McNeil 3,300 women participated in the clinical tests for the testing of the new contraceptive.
