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Birth Control Patch Warning

Ortho McNeil maker of Ortho Evra

has finally warned the public

it's patch exposes women to

60% more estrogen and greater risks than a typical BC pill

I say finally because we have known since August

the patch is more risky than the pill

causing three times the risk of blood clots and death

I also say finally because of a 2003 internal company memo

shows the company refused to fund a comparison study

between patch and pill

because there was too high of a chance the study

might not prove a positive result for the patch.

profits over people

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I too was on the patch. Then I gained a few pounds (or twenty, however you want to count it), and started bleeding mid-cycle for about two cycles. I realized if I was having that bleeding, I wasn't getting the protection I needed, and had to go on a BCP (Yasmin). I had hoped to go back on the patch whenever I lost weight, but I doubt I will now.

I had not given this study much thought at all until yesterday. I came in, got report on a young lady (30) who was being admitted for PE. Non-smoker, was on the BC patch. Made things a whole lot more realistic for me. :stone

I do the Mirena thing, and I love it! Been on it for almost two years, now, and it's been a lifesaver--No periods, no cramps, no mood-swings. And it's more effective than having your tubes tied. Only thing is, you have to have had a baby before you can get on it. Plus, I only have to think about birth control once every five years. European women have been using it for 10-15 years, but it just became available here a few years ago.

They have recently approved IUD use in women without a previous pregnancy - I would get in line for a Mirena IUD if I had a uterus!

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