April 18, 2006 at 23:00:00 Ortho-McNeil Knew Ortho-Evra Patch Was Lethal by Evelyn Pringle (Posted by Evelyn Pringle)     Page 3 of 3 page(s) http://www.opednews.com

In another case, twenty-five-year-old, Sasha Webber, a Baychester, NY mother of two, died of a heart attack in March 2004, after 6 weeks on the patch.

In many instances it is difficult to determine with any degree of certainty that a specific product did in fact cause a death or an injury. Such is not the case with the Ortho patch, experts say, because the injuries and deaths are occurring in young women of child-bearing age, who in most cases have no prior history of health problems.

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