Ortho
Evra Web Site
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical’s official Web
site on the drug.
FDA
Updated Labeling
The November 10, 2005 press release announcing a
new warning label for the Ortho Evra
contraceptive patch.
Public
Citizen Warns Against Ortho Evra
The consumer watchdog organization reminds
readers of its warning against use of the patch
more than two months before the FDA announcement
of the drug’s dangers.
Mayo
Clinic Advisory
Medical experts of the renowned Mayo Foundation
for Medical Education and Research lists the
dangers of the nation’s only birth control
patch.
Doctors
Refusing to Prescribe Ortho Evra
According to a report in the Wall Street
Journal, some doctors are refusing to prescribe
the contraceptive patch. Dozens of suits are
pending against Ortho-McNeil for death and
injuries related to the patch.
Birth
Control Blamed in Death
The parents of an eighth-grader who died last
year after using the Ortho Evra patch are suing
Ortho-McNeil. The 14-year-old girl died of blood
clots after using Ortho-Evra for about six
weeks.
Ortho-McNeil
Web Site
Web site for manufacturer of the Ortho Evra
contraceptive patch.
Ortho
Evra New Updates
Topix.net provides continuously updated news
from Internet resources regarding the
contraceptive patch.
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