The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1122
January 21, 2002
Ortho Evra - A Contraceptive Patch
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Ortho Evra - A Contraceptive Patch
January 21, 2002 (Issue: 1122)
A transdermal contraceptive patch (Ortho Evra Ortho-McNeil) has been approved by the FDA. Each 20 cm2 patch contains 6 mg of the progestin norelgestromin (the active metabolite of norgestimate) and 0.75 mg of ethinyl...more
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