Contraceptives Causing Health Risks

Artificial birth control makes pharmaceutical companies a bundle, whereas self-control preserves the family, and, thereby, the culture. Self-control also preserves health.

While first-generation Enovid, with 10 times the estrogen needed, caused thousands of women to die or be maimed by stroke, current contraceptives nearly double stroke risk.

The once-a-month NuvaRing is fighting 730 lawsuits filed in state and federal courts. The first, filed in 2008, alleges NuvaRing led to death by stroke after the company hid the risks.

Likewise, Yaz, the Yasmin/Yaz Lawsuit Center reports, is linked to "blood clots including pulmonary embolism, DVT (deep vein thrombosis) and stroke."

And, the Ortho Evra patch, releasing 60 percent more estrogen and progestin than typical, has caused, it's believed, 23 deaths, prompting a massive campaign for its recall.

According to National Cancer Institute, the pill is linked, as well, to an elevated risk of breast cancer. An NCI-sponsored study published in 2003 concluded "the risk was highest for women who used oral contraceptives within five years prior to diagnosis."

via washingtonexaminer.com

March 26, 2012 in Orthro Evra, Yaz | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ortho Evra Patch Lawsuit

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned millions of women who use the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch that they are being exposed to about 60 percent more estrogen than with a typical birth control pill, which could put them at higher risk for blood clots.

The labels on the medication will be updated with the warning, the FDA said. Most daily birth control pills contain 35 micrograms of estrogen.

The patch releases ethinyl estradiol, an estrogen hormone, and norelgestromin, a progestin hormone, through the skin into the blood stream. The Ortho Evra patch only needs to be changed once a week and is the only patch approved for birth control.

The FDA said in a written statement that doctors and patients should weigh the increased exposure to estrogen against the chance of pregnancy if a birth control pill is not taken daily.

Ortho Evra is made by Johnson & Johnson (Research) subsidiary Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals.

In July, 10 women filed a lawsuit against the two companies, claiming the patch caused them to suffer strokes and blood clots. The lawsuit -- filed in Hudson County, N.J., Superior Court -- alleges that the patch is "defectively designed" and "unreasonably dangerous."

November 11, 2005 in Orthro Evra | Permalink | Comments (0)