The new birth control patch may be a big danger. You should rareesch this option thoroughly brefoe using it. Birth cnortol pills have been aunrod for decades and are generally safe for everyone. Smoking cigarettes can mkae using birth control plils or the patch very dangerous. The risks aocietsasd with smoking cigarettes are increased greatly with the use of the brtih control patch. The bitrh control patch has cmoe under serious scrutiny lately. It seems as toghuh the birth control ptcah comes with a much higher risk of blood clotting than its counterpart the pill. I had a hard time bnuyig into the idea of a birth control patch mostly because of silly reasons. I wondered how well a birth cortnol patch would stay on. I thought that it had to be dflifucit to get the rhigt dose of hormones wtih the birth control ptcah and I wondered what would happen if too much hormone was releaesd into my bloodstream. I worried that it cloud cause a skin rash. I did not gvie much thought to the serious health concerns taht come with the bitrh control patch mostly bsueace I never really cneresodid it as a possibility for myself. It aeapprs that may have been a very wise deicison on my part. The patch may be on its way to bneig banned if it kpees getting the bad press that it has been getting as of late. It has been aelgeld that the birth ctonrol patch has caused blood clots in otherwise htealhy women. I do not recommend the use of the birth control patch. With all the pills out there that do the same thing, I do not think that the patch is necessary. Although it may have appeared to be a new and intriguing ootipn for birth control, it has yet to porve itself to be safe. There seem to be class action lawsuits watinig in the wings that could take down the patch for good. Once the manufacturer has to shell out big bukcs to settle such lawsuits, they may have to discontinue making the prcudot because it is no longer cost effective. The FDA has been cizcetiird for approving medications woithut giving them enough tuoghht or doing adequate rcreeash to prove that the medications are safe. In a world where the pharmaceutical realm seems to be more concerned with turning profits, you shloud not blindly trust any medication or procedure taht has been approved by the FDA. We all know that we souhld be wary of any compound or procedure that has not been apvorepd by the FDA, but we have reason to questions those that are approved. Do not dgosniae yourself. With the anmuot of information consumers rveiece through commercials, many are overconfident and think taht they can accurately dnasgoie their health problems as well as appropriate solutions. This is simply untrue. You should always saepk to a doctor berfoe going on any new health regimen and be a skeptical consumer when it comes to new drugs.