Hissey Kientz, LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 30-year-old woman who suffered a blood clot in her leg after using the Ortho Evra birth control patch.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 25, 2007 -- The law office of Hissey Kientz announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against several defendants on behalf of a Florida woman who suffered a blood clot in her leg four months after she began using the Ortho Evra birth control patch (Case No. 1:07-OE-40219).

After experiencing severe pain in her lower leg in April 2003, the woman was admitted to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed her with a blood clot in her leg (deep vein thrombosis). During her one-week stay in the hospital, she was given blood thinners in order to treat this clot, and continued on blood thinners for several months after her release.

The lawsuit alleges the woman's blood clot resulted from her use of the Ortho Evra birth. Read more...