Users of birth control patch were at higher risk of developing serious blood clots
January 20, 2008 08:54

FDA modified the prescribing information for the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that users of the birth control patch were at higher risk of developing serious blood clots, also... (Read Article)

Birth Control Pill or Blood Clot: What's Your Pleasure? Do You Have a Lawsuit?
May 8, 2007 08:23

Birth Control Pill or Blood Clot: What's Your Pleasure? Do You Have a Lawsuit? - http://www.notmypill.org Third generation oral contraceptives like - Desogen, Vilivet, Kariva, Mircette, Ortho-Cept, Reclipsen, and Cyclessa - all contain desogestrel. The ingredient... (Read Article)

Public Citizen Petitions FDA To Ban Oral Contraceptives Containing Desogestrel
April 1, 2007 06:59

Public Citizen Petitions FDA To Ban Oral Contraceptives Containing Desogestrel in (April 2007): Public Citizen's Health Research Group filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 6, 2007, to ban the sale of all third-generation oral contraceptives (OCs), which double the risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots compared to second-generation birth control pills. A list of these oral contraceptives that contain desogestrel accompanies this article. (http://www.worstpills.org)

Excess Estrogen Causes Blood Clots
January 12, 2007 08:43

The hormones in both HRT and birth control pills can increase the risk for blood clots. If the clots break loose from the legs, they can lodge in the lungs and cause a potentially life-threatening condition. Although most women can take hormones with minimal risk, some may experience heart attacks or strokes because of blood clots. The Ortho Evra birth control patch now comes with a warning that it releases more estrogen into the bloodstream than typical birth control pills. This may increase the risk for blood clots.

Ex Birth Control Patch Exec Fired
January 11, 2007 08:45

A former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit he was fired for seeking recalls of numerous faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, which is the subject of at least 1,000 product liability suits. New... (Read Article)

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed against Birth Control Patch
January 7, 2007 08:43

The mother of a woman who died in June 2003 after using the Ortho Evra birth control patch recently filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court alleging that the company knowingly misinformed the public about the drug's risk of severe side effects. The now deceased 26-year-old woman from Tennessee began using Ortho Evra in April 2003 and died of a pulmonary embolism in June 2003. Her mother filed the lawsuit alleging Ortho McNeil misled the public about the drug's risk of side effects, including pulmonary embolism, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and blood clots (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=59042&nfid=rssfeeds)