DEAR DR. GOTT:
My 24-year-old granddaughter recently had a stroke due to a clot because of her birth control medication. She got fast treatment and will be okay but now I am concerned about the other young women out there.
I have talked to several members of the medical community who say that this is primarily due to the medication, orthotricyclin. Manufacturers state that five percent of women taking it will develop a blood clot. To me this still means hundreds of thousands of women are at risk.
Please raise awareness about blood clots and birth control.
DEAR READER:
Consider it done.
For many years now, gynecologists and physicians have known about the risk of developing blood clots because of birth control pills. [Read more...]