Ortho Evra Compared to OC: Adverse
Events
Patch (n=812)
OC (n=605)
Treatment
limiting
Treatment
limiting
Overall
Overall
Breast
discomfort
19%
1.0%
6%
0.2%
Headache
22%
1.5%
22%
0.3%
Application site
reaction
20%
2.6%
NA
NA
Nausea
20%
1.8%
18%
0.8%
Abdominal pain
8%
0.2%
8%
0.3%
Dysmenorrhea
13%
1.5%
10%
0.2%
Audet MC, et al. JAMA. 2001;285:2347-2354.