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FDA adds blood clot warning to Ortho Evra label

January 17, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration says that it will update the warning label for the Ortho Evra birth control patch to include information on a new study examining the increased blood clot risk observed with the patch. The study found that the women using the Ortho Evra were at an increased risk of blood clots compared with those of traditional birth control pills.
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Group of women files Ortho Evra lawsuit

November 12, 2007
A group of six women has filed an Ortho Evra lawsuit against Ortho-McNeil and Johnson & Johnson, the makers of the birth control patch. The lawsuit alleges that the two manufactures failed to conduct adequate safety studies, which would have showed that women using the patch are at an increased risk of injuries due to Ortho Evra side effects.
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J&J exec quit over Ortho Evra side effects concerns

September 18, 2007
New documents have revealed that a Johnson & Johnson vice president—the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra patch—resigned because of the company’s repeated efforts to downplay the risk of Ortho Evra side effects. A letter by the executive—whose name was redacted by in court documents—was recently unsealed as part of a group of 400 Ortho Evra lawsuits that have been filed in New Jersey.
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Further confirmation that Ortho Evra raises blood-clot risk

February 25, 2007
The medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology has published a study showing that women using contraceptive patches, like Ortho Evra, are more than twice as susceptible to blood clotting, as compared with women who take the pill.
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Study finds Ortho Evra doubles risk of blood clots

February 19, 2007
A recent study has revealed that women who use the Ortho Evra birth control patch double their risk of blood clots compared with those who use birth control pills. The findings of the study were published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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FDA panel says low-dose contraceptives okay

January 24, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee on birth control should not try to limit the acceptable failure rate of birth control medications. Advisors says that by doing so, the agency would limit the availability of low hormone contraceptives which can be used for other health benefits and with a lower risk of side effects.
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