The main objective behind preferring contraceptive patch is to restrain the mid cycle gonadotropin surge and preventing ovulation in an effective manner. Although ovulation inhibition is the crucial mechanism so far, contraceptive patch also perform on the other sides of the reproductive system in the following manners: • Cervical mucus: converting it into thick, scanty, and viscid stuff, thus, prevents from sperm penetration, and inhibits the sperm capacitation. • Reducing motility of the oviduct and the uterus, thus, restraining the transfer of sperm and ova. • Reducing endometrial glandular generation of glycogen, thus, less energy is available to the blastocyst for surviving in ...

The transdermal contraceptive patch, after its arrival in the year 2002, soon turned out to become one among the most popular birth controlling options in the US alone. Like OCs (Combination Oral Contraceptives), the contraceptive patch is very effective and quickly reversible. The patch was actually designed for mimicking the hormonal reaction of a 35 ?g OC and arrives with numbers of same merits and demerits. It is assumed that the patch will acquire many same contraceptive as well as non contraceptive advantages allied with OCs. The best thing about the patch is the fact that it’s once a week administration ...