Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch in the Spotlight
Rhonda Sloan, of Oakley, California, has had very few health problems in her life until recently. One Sunday she started to experience a shortness of breath and a pain in her chest. By Friday her doctor sent her in for a CT scan which illuminated a blood clot in her lung. Rhonda Sloan was using the birth control patch Ortho Evra at the time and believes that was the cause of her blood clot. "I didn't have any issues taking the pill, not getting sick or anything like that, and with the patch, it only took me three months to make me sick," Sloan said. Sloan is now one of thousands of American women suing Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Ortho Evra. She doesn't blame the doctor who prescribed her the patch. She holds Johnson and Johnson responsible. “They need to take more care about a human life, because I could have lost a life and my kids couldn't have a mother today," Sloan said. Sloan wants to get the word out to other women, especially teenagers. No Ortho Evra cases have gone to verdict, but several have been settled. Ronda Sloan says her attorneys expect her case to be settled sometime this year.
