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FDA Approves Update to Label on Birth Control Patch.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 January 2008-US Food and Drug Administration: FDA Approves Update to Label on Birth Control Patch(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved additional changes to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that users of the birth control patch were at higher risk of developing serious blood clots, also known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), than women using birth control pills. VTE can lead to pulmonary embolism.
The label changes are based on a study conducted by the Boston Collaborative…
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Source: HighBeam Research, FDA Approves Update to Label on Birth Control Patch.
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