The Koyal Group InfoMag: Is the Contraceptive NuvaRing Killing Thousands?

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... More

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 Less