PARKER & WAICHMAN, LLP FILES SUIT AGAINST ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. ON BEHALF OF VICTIM OF ORTHO EVRA BIRTH CONTROL PATCH

Parker & Waichman, LLP (http://www.yourlawyer.com (http://www.yourlawyer.com)) announced that it has filed suit against Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., a division of Johnson and Johnson Inc. (NYSE:JNJ), on behalf of a 33-year-old woman who suffered a venous thrombosis (blood clot) and stroke after using the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch for six months. In February 2004, the plaintiff began suffering from headaches, nausea and vomiting. Shortly thereafter, the plaintiff's conditions worsened, and she was taken to the emergency room at the Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, Georgia.

Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/conws/3666925)