An 18-year-old college freshman from North Carolina died suddenly of cardiac arrest after taking YAZ birth control pills to help with acne. Now her family has filed a lawsuit against the Bayer, makers of Yaz. “I can only hope that by publicizing what happened to Michelle, I can keep another family from having to go [...]
British Research Finds Yaz Doubles Risk of Blood Clots
April 27, 2011 By
The British Medical Journal recently published studies that looked at the rate of blood clots in users of Yaz and Yasmin which contain a synthetic hormone called drospirenone compared it users of older birth control pills that contain levonorgestrel. Researchers found that women on Yaz or Yasmin had more than double the risk of blood [...]
Despite Yaz Lawsuits, Bayer Remains No. 1
April 14, 2011 By
Amid a flurry of Yaz lawsuits, Bayer Healthcare, eager to hold its top spot in the oral contraceptive market, launched a new birth control pill last year… Natazia. Bayer cleverly launched Yaz in 2006, promising that the new formulation birth control pill – a combination of ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone – not only prevented pregnancy [...]
