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About a dozen women, most in their late teens and early 20s, died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth-control patch Ortho Evra. Dozens more survived strokes and other clot-related problems, according to federal drug safety reports obtained by The Associated Press under a Freedom of Information Act request.
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The women who died were young and apparently at low risk for clots — women like Zakiya Kennedy, an 18-year-old Manhattan fashion student who collapsed and died in a New York subway station last April. Or Sasha Webber, a 25-year-old mother of two from Baychester, N.Y., who died of a heart attack after six weeks on the patch last March.
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I considered the patch once and declined it because it seemed a pain in the butt to try to get the sticker residue off every month. Glad I didn't, b/c I'm predisposed to blood clots and this seems to aggravate that condition. Figured I'd post it just in case anyone is using it as a default method.