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43 Women Sue Maker of Birth Control Patch
Another lawsuit alleges that a 25-year-old woman from Maryland died of severe blood clots in her lungs and legs after she started wearing the birth control patch. The lawsuits, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, name as defendants the drug's manufacturer, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Co., a N.J.-based subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiffs seek unspecified monetary damages. Approved by the FDA in 2001, Ortho Evra is a birth control patch that delivers the hormones estrogen and progestin directly into the bloodstream through the skin. The lawsuit claims that Ortho-McNeil failed to properly investigate the product's safety and deceived the public about the severity of potential side effects, including strokes and severe blood clots. Similar lawsuits have been filed on behalf of nearly 400 women nationwide.
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