500 Ortho-Evra Birth Control Patch Victims Sue Johnson & Johnson

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In 2005, she became pregnant again and was forced to endure daily injections of blood thinners to prevent another miscarriage. Due to her injuries, all of Ms Barroso's future pregnancies will carry a risk of miscarriage and will require similar treatment.

"This young lady's life was put in jeopardy by a company that made a harmful product," her attorney said in the press release. "And the tragic thing," he stated, "is the company continues to market and sell this product even today."

An interesting statistical allegation in this latest lawsuit, says that from April 2002 to December 2004, Johnson & Johnson logged 27,974 adverse events among Ortho Evra patch users when during that same time period, the company noted only 5,571 adverse events for one of its oral contraceptives, even though the pill was used three times more than Ortho patch.

Patch related lawsuits are also being filed in other countries. On July 28, 2006, a class action was filed in Canada alleging that the drug makers failed to adequately warn consumers and doctors that the Ortho Evra patch was associated with an increased risk of developing blood clots, pulmonary emboli, strokes, heart attacks and deep vein thrombosis.

With any luck, now that the media has come out of hibernation, all of the women who have been injured by the birth control patch will hopefully at least know what happened.

More information for injured parties can be found at Lawyers and Settlements.com

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/ortho_evra_sued.html

Evelyn Pringle
evelyn.pringle@sbcglobal.net

(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America)

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