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Clinical News Digest 2/20/2008

FDA Modifies Prescribing Information for Contraceptive Skin Patch The FDA issued a notice that it modified the prescribing information for the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Patch to include the results of a new epidemiological study that found women who used the birth control patch were at a higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) than those who used birth control pills.
TAGS: INFECTIOUS DISEASE | NEUROLOGY | MRSA | THIMEROSAL | AUTISM | STAPH INFECTION | VACCINATION
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