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VTE Warning for Contraceptive Patch
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Title VTE Warning for Contraceptive Patch
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569523?src=rss
Description The Food and Drug Administration has warned that users of a contraceptive transdermal patch are at higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism than women using oral contraceptive pills. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Feb 1, 2008
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