A fit and healthy woman who took the contraceptive pill Dianette has said that it was to blame for the life-shattering stroke she suffered. Angela Macleod was a high-flying career girl who had ...

Charlotte Porter, 17, died in March 2010 of a deep-vein thrombosis after taking Dianette for acne. She is one of seven women to have died while taking the drug in the last three years.

I presume you have been on this therapy for some time. Acne can go on at some level for a long time, and most adults are capable of producing the odd spot or two most of their lives; usually at ...

Dianette is licensed as a hormone treatment for severe acne, but only in cases where other treatments, such as oral antibiotics, have not worked. It is also an effective contraceptive, but doctors ...

Cheerleader Charlotte Porter, 17, collapsed after being prescribed contraceptive pill Dianette for her skin. An inquest in Maidstone, Kent, heard that like other combined pills, it contained an ...

Charlotte Porter, 17, from Maidstone in Kent, died from deep-vein thrombosis in 2010. She was taking Dianette, also known as Diane-35, which has been suspended from sale in France after being ...