The birth control patch, also called the contraceptive patch, releases hormones to prevent pregnancy. A person can apply the patch to certain areas of clean, dry, hairless skin where tight ...

Vitamin patches are making their way into the main stream, but there's little evidence that they work. Are they worth a try, ...

Conflicting data aside, contraception experts agree that ulipristal acetate, or ella, is a more effective option for people ...

Kara Hope (D-Holt), would allow pharmacists to issue and dispense a prescription for a hormonal contraceptive patch, a ...

Side effects with the current contraceptive patch were similar to those seen with the pill, except that some estrogen-related side effects, such as breast tenderness, are more likely to occur in ...

The imminent launch of the consumer-friendly hormonal contraceptive patch will pose the first real challenge to the pill, researchers said today. The pill has dominated the contraceptive market ...

In fact, for plenty of people on hormonal contraception, it’s perfectly safe to skip the withdrawal period and breeze past ...

13 Other Hormonal Contraceptives The same artificial hormones used in the Pill, Depo-Provera, and Norplant are packaged in a variety of other delivery systems: the Patch, the "Morning after Pill ...

Two hormones, estrogen and progesterone, control the menstrual cycle. When you use birth control with those hormones in combination pills or progesterone-only pills, they keep your uterine lining ...