Birth-Control Patch Users Face Clot Risk

A new study shows that women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch have double the risk of developing blood clots than those who take the pill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

[Doug Dowdle]

Another great example of our new modern era of drug testing in America. The FDA continually passes drugs into the marketplace without long term studies.

[Jed]

Doug Dowdle wrote:

Another great example of our new modern era of drug testing in America. The FDA continually passes drugs into the marketplace without long term studies.

Yes, I wish my wife and I knew this info before she started the patch and almost died from a pulmonary embolism.

[Sun]

Jed wrote:

<quoted text> Yes, I wish my wife and I knew this info before she started the patch and almost died from a pulmonary embolism.

Jed: I noticed you're from New Haven. My wife had a stroke while on Ortho. We're considering contacting a law firm to review potential liability. But first, we're trying to find an experienced atty with experience in pharmaceutical litigation. Are you considering, or have you filled a law suit

[Anonymous]

Do you feel sexually inactive? I mean not wanting to have sex at all, nor making out When using Birth control pills?

[goodiemart]

Doug Dowdle wrote:

Another great example of our new modern era of drug testing in America. The FDA continually passes drugs into the marketplace without long term studies.

Although I might agree in some cases, Drugs on the market come with warnings telling people what to be aware of. People do not take the time to read and understand what they put in there bodies more often then not unfortunitly. There is a fantastic newer then the patch non-oral birth control method out now called NUVARING.

http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp... {477C0544-5650-4778-8721-87497 3922175}&sid=992337811

here is the website for you to learn about it or ask your local gyno about it. This is birth control in modern times at its best and blood clot free.:)

[goodiemart]

Anonymous wrote:

Do you feel sexually inactive? I mean not wanting to have sex at all, nor making out When using Birth control pills?

These feelings are likely based upon 2 things primarly, your time within your cycle and most of all the level of hormones within your birth control method. More then likely you are useing too high a concentricity of hormone. Call your Gyno and simply ask about the dosage your takeing and ask if there is something available with a lessor strength for you. I am also willing to bet you weigh under 140 pounds. Since drugs are measured in average milligrams for the control groups they are tested upon, you may be a person who is at the low end or even under the weight and mass limitations for that drug type. The result is having more hormones in your system then your body actually needs to achieve the same results.
I highly recommend reading up on this website about the NUVARING.It may be exactly what you need.:)

http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp... {477C0544-5650-4778-8721-87497 3922175}&sid=992337811

[anon]

goodiemart wrote:

<quoted text>Although I might agree in some cases, Drugs on the market come with warnings telling people what to be aware of. People do not take the time to read and understand what they put in there bodies more often then not unfortunitly. There is a fantastic newer then the patch non-oral birth control method out now called NUVARING.
http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp... {477C0544-5650-4778-8721-87497 3922175}&sid=992337811
here is the website for you to learn about it or ask your local gyno about it. This is birth control in modern times at its best and blood clot free.:)

FYI - I just got out of the hospital as a result of a pulmonary embolism in both my lungs that my doctors are attributing to being on Nuvaring. I thought there was less of a clotting risk with Nuvaring as well but found out differently and now will be on anti-coagulation medication for six months to one year as a result. Thankfully it was caught in time and I narrowly escaped death. I am not saying not to use it, but the risk is still there and people should be aware.

[Goodiemart]

anon wrote:

<quoted text>
FYI - I just got out of the hospital as a result of a pulmonary embolism in both my lungs that my doctors are attributing to being on Nuvaring. I thought there was less of a clotting risk with Nuvaring as well but found out differently and now will be on anti-coagulation medication for six months to one year as a result. Thankfully it was caught in time and I narrowly escaped death. I am not saying not to use it, but the risk is still there and people should be aware.

The condition you were in may or may not be the result of the Nuvaring. It seems you were trying many types of birth control leading up to your hospitalization. I wonder if your condition was more a result of the comination of different hormones. With every drug there is always a % of people that will not have positive effect and some who will receive some negative. I think overall though a vastly larger % of people are positively effected by the Nuvaring in particular and it shows FAR LESS complications then many of the other forms of BC out there with specific regard to how it comapirs to the patch in general. Overall the Nuvaring is a gem of modern science. As for weather or not it will work for you is simply a matter of trial and time. I am sorry you suffered trying to reach that point though.
>Goodiemart<

[Dana]

I am just becoming aware of the patch. I came across the website www.bewareofthepatch.com and I was floored! Why in the heck is this drug even on the market when women are dying???

[Christina]

Nuva ring is NOT blood clot free. They state in their prescribing info that the type of progesterone in the Nuva ring could cause the risk of blood clots to be higher. See the first page of their website at the bottom.

I was hospitalized in February with a pulmonary embolism, the culprit....Nuva ring.

[Christina]

Goodiemart wrote:

<quoted text>
The condition you were in may or may not be the result of the Nuvaring. It seems you were trying many types of birth control leading up to your hospitalization. I wonder if your condition was more a result of the comination of different hormones. With every drug there is always a % of people that will not have positive effect and some who will receive some negative. I think overall though a vastly larger % of people are positively effected by the Nuvaring in particular and it shows FAR LESS complications then many of the other forms of BC out there with specific regard to how it comapirs to the patch in general. Overall the Nuvaring is a gem of modern science. As for weather or not it will work for you is simply a matter of trial and time. I am sorry you suffered trying to reach that point though.
>Goodiemart<

What made you assume that "Anon" had blood clot as a result of multiple hormones? I was on the Nuva ring for about a year and a half consistently and ending up with a pulmonary embolism. With $4700 in hospital debt, I'd love to see a class action suit. I'm sure they know of risks their specifying.

[Goodiemart]

Christina wrote:

<quoted text>
What made you assume that "Anon" had blood clot as a result of multiple hormones? I was on the Nuva ring for about a year and a half consistently and ending up with a pulmonary embolism. With $4700 in hospital debt, I'd love to see a class action suit. I'm sure they know of risks their specifying.

I'd have to agree with you. I think many drugs should have to go through a post approval audit every so often to show the drug still performs consistantly as originally shown and these trials should be conducted by a 3rd party entity to assure quality and honest data return. But as for a doctor just trying to figure out why what happened to you, they are just guessing. It could have been no more attributed to the Nuva ring then any other substance or pre existing health condition already in effect within your system. Perhaps Nuva sped up the process maybe for some in certain combinations of other medications it is more dangerous. These are the post studies needed so these cautions can be noted for safe extended use. Seems you liked Nuva prior to what heppened to you. if this didn't happen you'd still be useing it no? If in fact they are not related in the end and one day a study can show that would you go back to useing it I wonder?

[Christina]

Goodiemart wrote:

<quoted text>
I'd have to agree with you. I think many drugs should have to go through a post approval audit every so often to show the drug still performs consistantly as originally shown and these trials should be conducted by a 3rd party entity to assure quality and honest data return. But as for a doctor just trying to figure out why what happened to you, they are just guessing. It could have been no more attributed to the Nuva ring then any other substance or pre existing health condition already in effect within your system. Perhaps Nuva sped up the process maybe for some in certain combinations of other medications it is more dangerous. These are the post studies needed so these cautions can be noted for safe extended use. Seems you liked Nuva prior to what heppened to you. if this didn't happen you'd still be useing it no? If in fact they are not related in the end and one day a study can show that would you go back to useing it I wonder?

If I found out that multiple people were using the Nuva ring and ended up with blood clots, which seems to be the case over the last few months, I would stop using it. Even if I didn't end up with the embolilsm.

[Allie]

Wow. So, I've been researching all of the OE stuff for a law firm website I'm contributing to. What I've found is that embolisms and blood clots are related to prolonged bed rest, cancer and exposure to the hormone estrogen. BOTH the ring and the patch are combined hormone drugs. This means they have estrogen and progesterone ingredients. There are other forms of estrogen-free contraceptives (which i didn't even know about until researching). I was on the patch myself and experienced a lot of severe and unexplained nausea. I got off of it luckily before anything serious happened to me.
I would like to put some stories of other people who have had adverse reactions into my research. Any contributors willing? Please contact me through this forum or email.
[e-mail]
also, you can contact the law firm that i'm doing temp work for. they are really decent people and give free consultations.

[Christine]

Christina wrote:

Nuva ring is NOT blood clot free. They state in their prescribing info that the type of progesterone in the Nuva ring could cause the risk of blood clots to be higher. See the first page of their website at the bottom.
I was hospitalized in February with a pulmonary embolism, the culprit....Nuva ring.

I started using NuvaRing just after it was approved and I thought it was fabulous. That is until I ended up in the hospital with massive DVT and the a pulminary embolism which could have killed me. I had taken birth control pills for ten years with no problems prior to that. As Organon's website states "The risk of getting blood clots may be greater with the type of progestin in NuvaRing® than with some other progestins in certain low-dose birth control". I have been watching for the past four years to see if other women were having the same problems I did. I'm curious if these Ortho Evra lawuits will start to include NuvaRing as well

[Kim]

To all those who have had complications on the NuvaRing, what were some symptoms you felt prior to being hospitalized or having to seek med attention? Looking back, do you think you felt any mild symptoms early on that you may have ignored because it didn't seem like such a big deal? I'm asking because I've just started using the ring 2 weeks ago and am still trying to decide weather or not to continue. I'm an avid reader of all the directions and when I saw where it said the risk of blood clots may be greater with the type of progestin in the ring, I began to get a little paranoid. I was on Ortho Tri cyclin for years and had no troubles. I'm really considering going back.

[Britney]

Wow. I am completely shocked to see how many other people have been affected by the NuvaRing. I was on it for three weeks and in that time I developed a 7 inch DVT in my leg. Three days after finding the clot, the entire thing ended up in my lungs. Soon after that, I ended up with a second clot that was 14 inches long. All this happened while I was on Coumadin AND Lovenox. I am still on anticoagulation treatment and I will be for at least one more year. I had no other risk factors for blood clots, except the NuvaRing. No one warned me of the risks, and the information that came with the script did not explain the full extent of damage the Ring can cause, at least not in my opinion. If anyone hears of a class action suit, please post it on this site.

[Kim]

Britney wrote:

Wow. I am completely shocked to see how many other people have been affected by the NuvaRing. I was on it for three weeks and in that time I developed a 7 inch DVT in my leg. Three days after finding the clot, the entire thing ended up in my lungs. Soon after that, I ended up with a second clot that was 14 inches long. All this happened while I was on Coumadin AND Lovenox. I am still on anticoagulation treatment and I will be for at least one more year. I had no other risk factors for blood clots, except the NuvaRing. No one warned me of the risks, and the information that came with the script did not explain the full extent of damage the Ring can cause, at least not in my opinion. If anyone hears of a class action suit, please post it on this site.

Wow! What were your symptoms?? I can't believe in only three weeks time this could have happened, I'm pretty nervous right now.

[Wild Weird Willie]

Goodiemart wrote:

<quoted text>
I'd have to agree with you. I think many drugs should have to go through a post approval audit every so often to show the drug still performs consistantly as originally shown and these trials should be conducted by a 3rd party entity to assure quality and honest data return. But as for a doctor just trying to figure out why what happened to you, they are just guessing. It could have been no more attributed to the Nuva ring then any other substance or pre existing health condition already in effect within your system. Perhaps Nuva sped up the process maybe for some in certain combinations of other medications it is more dangerous. These are the post studies needed so these cautions can be noted for safe extended use. Seems you liked Nuva prior to what heppened to you. if this didn't happen you'd still be useing it no? If in fact they are not related in the end and one day a study can show that would you go back to useing it I wonder?

What is your relationship with this company?

[pliss]

Yes, I would love to know if there is a class action pending for the NuvaRing. After using it for 12 months I ended up with a blood clot on my brain. I was hospitalized and am now on serious anticoagulation medications. I have no family history of blood clots and am only 28.