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American Home Products Warns of Faults in Norplant Contraceptive Kits.

The Record (Hackensack, NJ)

| September 14, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Don Stancavish

Sep. 14--Madison-based American Home Products Corp. warned Wednesday that certain batches of its Norplant contraceptive may not be effective in preventing pregnancies, and the company has urged women to use backup forms of birth control.

Women who have received Norplant implants from kits distributed to doctors on or after Oct. 20, 1999, should use another non-hormonal method of birth control such as condoms, spermicide, or diaphragms, the company warned in a news release and in a letter to doctors Wednesday.

"At this time, there's insufficient information to make a definite conclusion about the product's ongoing contraceptive…

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