Young Woman Suffers Stroke Attributed to Ortho Evra
A 25 year old woman in Oklahoma City believes she suffered a stroke caused by the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch. At the time she was a restaurant manager and working the day she believes she suffered the stroke. She remembers she started to feel shaky and dizzy. When she answered the phone incoherent words came out in slurred speech. As with most young women who use the patch, she was perfectly healthy with no history of family health problems. After her stroke she researched the side effects and found that stroke was one of them. She had no idea how dangerous it could be and said she didn’t remember her doctor telling her of the possible dangers when she was prescribed it. More than likely her doctor gave the usual speech on possible, but improbable side effects of birth control use. Not the increased risk with the patch at 3 times the dosage of hormones compared to birth control pills.
