Posted on 11/26/2005 5:56:51 PM PST by Coleus
When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do; they put her on birth control, choosing the popular hormonal patch instead of the Pill. When on May 7, 2004, Alycia died suddenly of blood clots in her lower pelvis Michael and Lorie Brown decided to sue the deadly drug's manufacturer in the hopes of having it taken off the market.
The patch, which releases a dose of contraceptive hormones into a woman's blood stream through the skin, has been responsible for at least 17 deaths in women age 17 to 30 since its release in 2002, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
In September 2004, a study by the FDA revealed 21 "life-threatening" conditions related to the patch such as blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks. The Browns' lawsuit claims the company intentionally withheld information from its own clinical trials and Food and Drug Administration records suggesting the increased risks.
Thus far, Alycia is the youngest of the patch's victims. Her mother told the La Crosse Tribune that the suit is only partly about collecting damages. "More than anything, I want it taken off the market," she said.
"Maybe I'll be able to save a life, if people know what happened to her."
Earlier this month, Ortho-McNeil agreed to improve the warnings on the labels for the patch to include the information that it had possible fatal side effects. The company admitted that the patch exposes women to about 60 percent more estrogen than those using typical birth-control pills.
Read Previous LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Ortho McNeil Corp Admits Birth Control Patch Blood Clot Connection
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111404.html
Contact the FDA to request that the drug be taken off the market:
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville MD 20857-0001
1-888-INFO-FDA
(1-888-463-6332)
and your elected officials www.congress.org
I am sure it does. That isn't the point.
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. . .yes, but then her parents, might not be. . .
Actually, was thinking along the same lines. . .until I thought of other 'possible consequences'. . .
That said. . .'sad' ; all the way around here.
Soooo, how much should Mommy and Daddy get from the drug company?
Parents that can't think for themselves - ?
So sad.
LVM
Thanks.
I agree but it isn't always something "we" allow. It happens and usually without parents ever knowing.
How can blood clots in her lower pelvis 'suddenly' kill her... A blood clot induced heart attack or stroke could suddenly kill you, but there are no immidiately vital organs in the lower pelvis that you will suddenly die without.
So do the ads for every other medication that is advertised.
I'd sooner have the problem than the cure.
What is an "oy?" I couldn't find it in the Webster's English Dictionary.
Maybe the child was nearly fifteen; for Liberals; that is an 'adult'. . .
The sad reality here, IMHO. . .is the parents are victims in a way as well. . .they are from Wisconsin. . .
They don't post signs there. . .that Liberalism is hazardous to ones health.
Your welcome!!
I agree with your post.
But I don't understand why the pharm company has this patch so widely available with these adverse affects.
When I worked in Drug Regulatory Affairs, drugs with a package insert such as this product was not made this available.
Or include Duracells... nevermind.
I think it's naive that you think that's all we do.
I don't have any magic bullets that will keep a kid a virgin until his or her wedding night. Keeping a kid a virgin until she or he turns 16 is not really that difficult. Education, supervision, rules, expectations (high ones), and hands-on parenting is what it takes. Prayer is useful as well.
Which is cool, I have no problem with that. I am just trying to say that it isn't the norm. Whether for good or bad, it just doesn't normally happen.
They (and there must have been more than a few) broke off and flooded into her lungs. She drowned in her own blood, probably while she was asleep.
It happens because the kids are given the opportunity and space for it to happen by a lack of parental involvement in their lives and a lack of supervision. And often the kids are lonely and neglected and looking for something to fill a void.
It doesn't "just happen".
This mother isn't fit to raise a child, much less rationalize on and on about "saving a life".
She should have thought of her own daughter's life which obviously she didn't. There surely is negligence involved, and most of it is on her part!
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