After mix-up, Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs

After mix-up, Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs

By TOM MURPHY
The Associated Press

Published Feb 2, 2012 12:19PM MDT

Indianapolis • Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.
A manufacturing mix-up by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, led to some packets being distributed with the pills out of order. That means a patient could have unknowingly skipped a dose and raised her risk of an accidental pregnancy.
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