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The dangerous California drug injury 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.

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