The Koyal Group InfoMag: Is the Contraceptive NuvaRing Killing Thousands?
Vanityfair.com
Danger in the Ring
When 24-year-old Erika Langhart—talented, beautiful, bound for law school—died on Thanksgiving Day
2011, she became one of thousands of suspected...
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The Koyal Group InfoMag: Is the Contraceptive NuvaRing Killing Thousands?
Vanityfair.com
Danger in the Ring
When 24-year-old Erika Langhart—talented, beautiful, bound for law school—died on Thanksgiving Day
2011, she became one of thousands of suspected victims of the birth-control device NuvaRing. Elite army
athlete Megan Henry, who survived rampant blood clots in her 20s, is another. With major suits against
NuvaRing’s manufacturer, Merck, headed for trial, Marie Brenner asks why, despite evidence of serious
risk, a potentially lethal contraceptive remains on the market.
Karen Langhart never had the slightest doubt about her 24-year-old daughter Erika‟s ability to organize
meticulously every detail of her life. For months in 2011, Erika‟s Thanksgiving plans had been locked in
place. On November 23 she was set to arrive from Washington, D.C., on U.S. Airways, landing in Phoenix,
Arizona, at five P.M. Erika and her mother would go straight to Sprouts, a local gourmet grocery store, to
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