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A consumer advocacy group petitioned the government Thursday to pull the birth control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill.

"Ortho Evra is a poor choice for women," Dr. Sidney Wolfe of the group, Public Citizen, wrote the Food and Drug Administration.

Warnings about the Ortho Evra weekly patch have escalated since a 2005 investigation by The Associated Press found that patch users had higher rates of life-threatening blood clots than did women who took birth control pills.

Johnson & Johnson misled doctors and regulators for years by altering and withholding medical data about the health risks of its Ortho Evra birth control patch, lawyers for women suing the company claim in court papers.

J&J, the world's largest maker of health care products, faces lawsuits by 2,400 women who claim the patch releases high levels of estrogen that cause strokes, heart attacks and blood clots in the legs and lungs. Internal documents and pre-trial interviews with J&J scientists show the company learned the risk in 1999 and misled the Food and Drug Administration when seeking approval in 2001 to market the device, the filings state.

A health alert is being issued for women who use a popular form of birth control patch. Johnson & Johnson is adding new warnings to its labels after the Canadian manufacturer of Ortho Evra revealed new dangers associated with the drug.

The company is now warning women who use the patch to not expose it to sources of heat. Health officials said the added heat may cause an unintentional increase in estrogen exposure that could lead to blood clots.

More than 40 women sued the makers of a popular birth-control patch Wednesday, claiming the contraceptive caused serious illnesses and at least one death.

One lawsuit alleges that 43 women suffered from blood clots and other health ailments after taking Ortho Evra, one of the fastest-growing forms of contraception in the U.S.

In July, the Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into 120 deaths caused by fentanyl patches, used for chronic pain.

In November, the agency issued a warning about birth-control patches after studies showed that women using them had 60 percent more estrogen in their blood than those on the pill, giving them a higher risk of potentially fatal side effects.

Not long after Amanda Bianchi began using a birth-control patch, she started getting incapacitating headaches, numbness in her hands and ringing in her ears.

An MRI revealed a 6- to 8-inch blood clot in her brain.

O'Steen & Harrison, PLC presently is handling legal claims on behalf of those injured by Ortho Evra.

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