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Dru West, MFT

I am a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in California in private practice for twenty-five years. I am married and the mother of four grown children.

My middle daughter Julia died in 2013 at the age of twenty-nine from massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms while she was using NuvaRing as her birth control. Her senseless death catapulted me into trying to understand the full effects of all hormonal birth control and educating other women about what they need to know to protect their health and their life. For more information about birth control visit www.BirthControlWisdom.com and for specific information about NuvaRing visit NuvaRingTruth.com

birth control induced blood clots

Dear Pharma Supporter: Stop Excusing Birth Control Induced Blood Clots

by Dru West, MFT
January 24, 2017
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Sometimes I just want to say stop the excuses, stop the rationalizations, just stop defending the pharmaceutical industry and those giving hormonal

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Julia's story - NuvaRing Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Julia’s Story: NuvaRing Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

by Dru West, MFT
November 7, 2016
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Julia Ruth West Ross (1983-2013)Julia, our middle daughter, lived in Southern California while earning an M.A. in Economics at UC Irvine. She

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Julia & Mom

Blood Clots while on Hormonal Contraceptives: Fact or Fear Mongering?

by Dru West, MFT
September 15, 2015
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A few weeks ago, someone posted a news article on Facebook about another young woman who almost died from her hormonal birth

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