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Are Yaz and Yasmine Safe? What You Should Know About Your Birth Control

-Twirlit

09/29/2009 - Conflicting reports are out about the safety of Bayer’s popular lines of birth control: Yaz and Yasmine. While a Bayer sponsored study shows the pills are no less safe than other birth control pills in their incidences of stroke or blood clots, some women, their attorneys and other researches argue just the opposite.

While I am not a Yaz or Yasmine user myself, I am all too familiar with the cheezy, overplayed TV Yaz ad in which a female doctor is shooting the breeze with some girlfriends at a rooftop bar. When the topic of birth control comes up in the crowded hot spot (as it always does, right ladies?), the female version of McDreamy spouts off seemingly every potential health risk of using Yaz, short of an erection lasting longer than four hours OR a higher risk for strokes or blood clots. She does not fail to mention, however, that Yaz MAY lessen PMS symptoms and acne, to which the group gives a collective cheer.

You may recall that Yaz was reprimanded by the FDA last October, and forced to pull or revise ads that promoted the drug for the acne and PMS fighting properties and minimizing potential health risks. Bayer spent $20 million dollars to correct that situation, and may end up spending more money this time around. Bayer may have to pay for further research to disprove claims that the combination of estrogen and drospirenone, the hormones used in their contraceptives, is more likely to cause blood clots and/or may have to shell out big dollars in settling lawsuits from over seventy women who have brought suits against Bayer blaming Yaz or Yasmin for their health conditions.

The lesson I think all women should take from all of this is not to inherently trust the drug companies, their advertisements, or even the FDA, for that matter. When I picked up a package of Kraft Singles to contemplate purchasing for my toddler this weekend, I learned that the cheese was made from cows not treated with the rBST hormone, but that the FDA found that there is no difference in the milk from cows treated with the rBST hormone and those that aren’t. Maybe the FDA doesn’t know the difference, but I do.

Thanks FDA, but I’ll make my own choices when it comes to what my kids eat, and to what birth control choices I make. Even if something has the FDA’s stamp of approval, be it birth control or cheese, it’s up to each consumer to do her homework and to decide what is right for her.

If you or a loved one have suffered serious injury or death while using Yasmin, Yaz or the generic product Ocella, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the birth control side effects lawyers of Ennis & Ennis, P.A. today for a free nationwide case evaluation. Our experienced attorneys can answer any questions you may have about Yaz, Yasmin, or Ocella side effects or a potential Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella lawsuit. Fill out the case evaluation form on this page or call toll free: 1-800-856-6405.