Ortho Evra Lawsuits Being Filed

Lawsuits are being filed on behalf of young women who were using the Ortho Evra birth control patch and suffered strokes, heart attacks, deaths, blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and other serious injuries. These types of injuries are very uncommon in young women. When a woman in her 20s or 30s has a stroke, you have to wonder what is going on with the medications that she is taking. Studies have shown that the Ortho Evra patch causes many more injuries than the ordinary pill.

Ortho Evra birth control patch lawsuits have been filed nationwide alleging the manufacturer of the patch alleging that it was aware of these serious risks and yet continued to aggressively market it to young women. Many of these lawsuits have been quickly settled by the manufacturer. The Ortho Evra settlements are confidential and the amounts have not been publicized.

In 2001, when Ortho Evra was first released on the market, Ortho McNeil, a division of Johnson and Johnson claimed that the risks associated with the birth control patch were about the same as the risks of using the birth control pill. Lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio allege that the company knew at the time of the increased risks to women, but concealed these risks for financial gain while aggressively marketing to young women. Now it seems the company wants to settle cases.
(Yahoo)