Women's Health

ORTHO EVRA(R) Prescribing Information Updated

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 7th, 2008

Ortho Women's Health & Urology(TM), Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has updated the prescribing information for ORTHO EVRA(R) (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system) to include further epidemiologic data.

The revised labeling includes two new additional estimates of relative risk (odds ratios) for venous thromboembolic events (VTE) of 1.1 (indicating no increase in risk) and 2.0 (indicating an approximate doubling of risk) in women using ORTHO EVRA compared to women using birth control pills. The previous labeling reported two estimates of relative risk for VTE of 0.9 (indicating no increase in risk) and 2.4 (indicating an...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-02-07)

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