i’ve been on othro evra patch for some weeks now. every week you are suppose to change it. i took it off but i forgot to put it back on. me and my boyfriend had unprotected sex and he came in. I put my patch bac tto see if it may lower the chance of me becoming pregnant. Any advice as to what can happen?

20. March 2012

anonymous-qa

If you did not reapply your patch as scheduled, then you were not protected from pregnancy. The patch is only delivering hormones into your system while you are wearing it. It does not provide any extended protection.

You were correct in applying your patch as soon as you remembered it. Continue to do your patch changes every week. If your next period is more than 1 week late, do a pregnancy test.

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