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Due to a recall, women could face pregnancy

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By Karin McCay - email
By Jordyn Nelson - email

Due to a recall, about a million women face the risk of getting pregnant while taking birth control pills. Pfizer has recalled a million birth control packs because of an error that mixed up the active and inactive pills in the 28-day package.  

Now, the world's biggest drug maker is pulling 14-lots of the Lo-Ovral tablets and 14-lots of a generic version of the pills. Pfizer says talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you're using one of the incorrect packages because you'll need to switch to a non-hormonal form of contraception immediately. Some packets were found to have too many pills with active ingredients. Others were found to have too few.

For more information about the recall, go to http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm289803.htm?sourcegovdelivery</url></url&gt

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