Reports of Deaths Associated to Ortho-Evra "Patch"

May 23rd, 2008 | Category: General Health

Doctors who reviewed the 23 cases of death found about 17 deaths that presented to be clot-related, including 12 deaths from 2004. The safety of the Ortho-Evra birth control patch has been questioned in the past few years after the Associated Press reported that

research had surfaced about 23 deaths related to the patch. Roughly a dozen women, mostly in their teens and early twenties, died in 2004 from blood clots believed to be related to the birth control patch.

Original post by syndicate@legalview.com (Alan Haburchak)

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