When I saw “Ortho Evra” I had to read your post. I took Ortho Evra for more than year. After about one month into my prescription I began to get migrain headaches. Headaches run in my family so I though it was normal. I would throw up for hours at night, blackout and have severe nausea and pain. I went to the doctor several times to discuss my symptoms and they all told me I was fine and that Ortho Evra WAS NOT a concern.

This went on for a year.

Then I went to another doctor (a specialist) because I was scared. I had a migrain for 7 days in a row and could not get out of bed… during finals week nonetheless. When I told the doctor I was on Ortho Evra, her eyes grew large and she demanded I take off the patch immediately. She then left the office and came back in with two other doctors. They told me about increased risk of using the patch and said that with my symptoms I should never have continued using the patch. She was absolutely dumbfounded that my other doctors didn’t give me the right advice.

I have not had a headache since. THANK GOD!!