Women were warned Wednesday that their risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher if they use the birth-control patch instead of the pill. The Food and Drug Administration said it updated ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring new labels on a birth control patch that delivers hormones through the skin. The new labels will explain that women will end up with a higher level ...

Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho Evra contraceptive patch will come with a new warning about a study suggesting users could face twice the risks of blood clots compared with birth control pills, the company ...

Women were warned Wednesday that their risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher if they use the birth-control patch instead of the pill. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved additional changes to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that ...

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. drug advisers recommended that the label for Johnson and Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch be simplified to better explain the risk of blood clots. In a 20 to ...