Personal Injury Law

Public Citizen Wants Ortho-Evra GONE…
Washington, DC: The push to get what many believe is a dangerous product off the market got a helping hand yesterday when Public Citizen petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull the Ortho-Evra contraceptive patch off the market.

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch is Dangerous to Use
The Ortho Evra contraceptive patch has been used by many young women who unfortunately have developed clot related injuries. Some users have had strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms or deep vein thrombosis as a result of using this product...

Ortho Evra: Risks Known Before Contraceptive Patch was Approved
Amarillo, TX: In yet another example of a drug earning approval in the face of dissenters, the Ortho Evra birth control patch was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001 despite strong opposition from one of the agency's own medical reviewers.

Is Ortho Evra Contraception Safe
Just recently, the FDA changed the warnings on the Ortho Evra birth control patch yet again. This time the agency updated the warnings to include the results of a new study. This new study showed that users of the Ortho Evra patch are twice as likely to develop blood clots known as thromboembolism (VTE)...

Mother warns daughter Never to Use the Ortho Evra Patch
Chandler, AZ: Tania used the Ortho Evra birth control patch for 9 months without incident—the only complaint she had was "unusual bleeding" but her doctor said that was normal. But then her knee started to hurt and during the next few months, Tania saw 3 doctors, none of whom made the link between the Ortho Evra patch and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Doctor Blamed Ortho Evra Patch for Aneurysm
Queensbury, NY: Brenda S. started using the Ortho Evra patch in March 2005 and she had an aneurysm in January 2007. Now she wants to know how the manufacturer--Johnson and Johnson subsidiary Ortho McNeil-- can say that Ortho Evra's benefits outweigh the dangers? "Why would anything be marketed that could possibly be a risk to someone's health, or even kill them," says Brenda, "and where is the FDA?

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Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.

FDA Issues Warning Regarding Topical Ibuprofen Drug Products
Topical Ibuprofen Drug Products FDA Issues Warning Letters

Drug Manufacturer Rebates
Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands.

Donjoy Inc. and DJ Ortho, Canada Inc.
alleging pain pumps are linked to chondrolysis.

Plavix and Nexium
A Potentially Dangerous Combination

VW Passat
allegedly linked to dangerous engine fires.