California Ortho
Evra Lawyers
The dangerous drug litigation lawyers at Bisnar & Chase have
the experience and knowledge to successfully represent women
who have suffered the devastating side effects of the Ortho
Evra birth control patch. In addition to representing the
victims of drug injuries, we also have the skill to represent
the family members of people who have died as the result of
dangerous drugs and drug interactions. Since 1978, our Ortho
Evra lawyers have been representing seriously injured clients
throughout the country against pharmaceutical companies whose
medications have caused them harm. If you or a loved one has
suffered as the result of Ortho Evra, please contact Bisnar
& Chase immediately for a free consultation.
At least seventeen American women have died as the
result of using Ortho Evra and many more have suffered serious
side effects, including blood clots, deep vein thrombosis,
pulmonary embolisms, and heart attacks.
Ortho Evra is birth control in the form of a patch, which
once placed on a women's skin needs to be changed once a week,
as compared to other forms of contraceptives, such as the
pill, which must be taken every day. Since the drug was approved
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001, four to
five million women have taken the convenient form of birth
control. The patch has become very popular in the past few
years, in part from the aggressive marketing campaign by Ortho
McNeil, which includes advertisements in magazines, on television,
and the use of celebrities to endorse the product.
A warning was released on November 10, 2005 from Ortho McNeil,
the makers of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, regarding
health concerns associated with the popular birth control.
The warning stated that the patch places women at a high risk
for blood clots, as well as other dangerous side effects,
as the result of the increased doses of hormones that the
patch has. In fact, since the patch allows the hormones to
travel through the bloodstream differently than other forms
of birth control, women are exposed to approximately 60% more
estrogen than they would receive from the average birth control
pill.
The FDA has received more than twenty reports of serious
blood clots and other severe side effects linked to the use
of Ortho Evra. Furthermore, a report released by the Associated
Press earlier this year stated that women patients who use
the patch are at a risk for death and blood clots three times
higher than women who take birth control pills.
If you or a loved one has experienced the dangerous
side effects of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, please
contact an Ortho Evra Side Effects Attorney at Bisnar & Chase
immediately.
Please visit our main California Personal Injury Website.
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