BOISE -- A young Idaho woman who developed deep vein thrombosis after using the birth control patch Ortho Evra is suing Johnson and Johnson and drug company Ortho McNeil in federal court.

Katy McKellips Braman was 17 when she began using the patch in 2004. But after a little over a month on the medication, she developed the serious blood clot disorder.

She claims the condition was caused by the patch, and that she had to be hospitalized and now must take daily anti-clotting drugs.

She's asking a federal judge to order the companies to pay her damages and to cover the costs of any future medical treatment.

Ortho McNeil spokeswoman Julie Keenan said the company could not comment on pending litigation. Officials with Johnson & Johnson did not immediately return calls requesting comment.

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration updated the label on the Ortho Evra birth-control patch to warn women that their risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher if they use the patch instead of the pill.