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Bookmark or Share- Birth Control Patch: Side Effects, Effectiveness, and More - HealthlineThe birth control patch (such as Xulane) is an effective form of contraception that's replaced weekly. Find out if this birth control method is right for you.
- Birth Control Patch: How It Works, Side Effects & BenefitsA birth control patch is a small, sticky patch you wear on your skin to prevent pregnancy. You apply a patch once a week for three weeks. You don’t apply a patch on the fourth week, which allows you to get your period.
- Birth control patch - Mayo ClinicThe birth control patch prevents pregnancy by releasing hormones into your bloodstream that keep your ovaries from releasing an egg (ovulation). The birth control patch also thickens cervical mucus to keep sperm from reaching an egg.
- Birth Control Patch: Availability, Effects, Placement - Verywell HealthA birth control patch is a sticky patch applied to your skin (transdermal) to deliver hormones that can prevent pregnancy. No birth control medication is 100% effective, and transdermal contraceptive patches are just one option for contraception and preventing pregnancy.
- Birth Control FAQs: The Patch | Planned Parenthood DirectQ: What is the birth control patch? A: The transdermal contraceptive patch is a safe and convenient birth control method that works really well if you always use it correctly. You wear the patch on certain parts of your body, and it releases hormones through your skin that prevent pregnancy.
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