Today, along with oral medications and injections, plasters are becoming increasingly popular. For example, many women choose a contraceptive patch instead of hormonal pills and other contraceptives. What can explain such a rapid increase in popularity?
Firstly, it is believed that patches harm health less than other drugs, and are much less likely to cause side effects. Secondly, consumers argue that using the patch is more convenient.
Transdermal patch: what is it?
To date, transdermal patches are considered the most progressive treatment. In their manufacture, nanoparticles are used, which begin to slowly penetrate into the blood immediately after gluing. This treatment method has several advantages. Using the patch allows you to slowly administer a therapeutic dose of the drug during the day.
On the other hand, this treatment eliminates the so-called “forgetting effect”. After all, quite often we have to take some medications regularly. And sometimes a person still violates the regime.
Transdermal patches allow for any treatment. In their manufacture, hormonal components, antibacterial agents, substances that increase the level of immunity, etc. can be used.
What is a contraceptive patch?
Today it is a completely new contraceptive, the reliability of which ranges from 70 to 99% (depending on the manufacturer). A contraceptive patch contains certain doses of hormones that slowly begin to penetrate the skin immediately after sticking the strip on the body. Penetrating into the blood, hormonal substances affect the female reproductive system, stopping the development of ovulation. And since the egg does not mature completely, it is impossible to get pregnant.
Such products have reliable adhesive strips, so they do not come off when worn carefully. Typically, one patch provides protection for about a week. Glue it best on the shoulder blade, buttocks or abdomen - here they will hold on better and go unnoticed.
Since the patch contains small doses of the same hormones as the preoral preparations, the side effects remain the same. But when wearing a patch, unwanted reactions occur less often, and sometimes go away on their own.
A contraceptive patch has some contraindications. For example, it cannot be used by women at risk of developing thrombosis. The patch is prohibited in the presence of malignant tumors, during pregnancy and lactation, as well as with the risk of developing a heart attack or stroke. In any case, only a doctor can prescribe hormonal drugs .
Klimara patch: another treatment
Along with contraception, plasters are also used to treat various diseases that are somehow related to hormonal imbalance. And the patch "Klimara" just contains a complex of synthetic estrogens, which by their nature are almost identical to natural hormones.
This tool is intended for continuous administration of the necessary dose of active hormonal substances into the body. It is used, as a rule, to relieve the symptoms that accompany the appearance of menopause. In addition, the patch is considered an excellent prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. A similar tool can cause a number of adverse reactions. Most often this is the appearance of redness on the skin where the application was placed. In more severe cases, migraines, swelling, dizziness, or bleeding are possible.
In any case, it is worth remembering that only a doctor has the right to prescribe a hormonal drug. Using such medications alone is dangerous to health.