Life Threatening Yaz Side Effects

All across the United States, young women report severe life-threatening side effects caused by the “fourth-generation” birth control products Yaz and Yasmin. This prescription medication marketed primarily to teenage girls has been clearly associated with these dangerous Yaz side effects, which include:

• Blood clots
• DVT or Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Pulmonary embolism
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• High blood pressure
• Serious Yaz gall bladder problems
• Breast cancer
• Liver cancer, liver tumors, severe liver bleeding
• Cerebral hemorrhage
• Total loss of vision

One of the more significant side effects from the use of Yaz and Yasmin is blood clots. Yaz blood clots have manifested in healthy young women that have shown no prior history of clots. They often develop in the legs, which is known as deep vein thrombosis, or DVT. Blood clots that form in one area can break loose and move to other areas of the body, especially the lungs. Blood clots can cause serious health problems, including heart attack or stroke.

Yaz and Yasmin side effects symptoms to watch out for

The following symptoms could indicate serious heath issues caused by blood clots:
• Sharp or heavy chest pain
• Severe headaches that come on quickly
• High blood pressure
• Pain or swelling in the legs and arms
• Back of lower leg pain
• Blurred or double vision
• Total loss of vision
• Coughing blood

Additional risk factors for Yaz and Yasmin side effects

These risk factors can increase the likelihood and severity of the Yaz and Yasmin side effects:
• Smoking cigarettes, especially more than 15 cigarettes a day
• High blood cholesterol
• Excess body weight
• Age over 35 years old

Public Citizen, the valuable “consumer watchdog” organization, has long pushed for an FDA ban on third-generation contraceptives, due to insufficient clinical studies researching their serious side effects and the resulting impact on the health of the women who put their trust in these birth control drugs. Both Yaz and Yasmin are fourth-generation contraceptives and use a combination of hormones that the third-generation contraceptives do, but also use drospirenone, a new synthetic hormone.

On their web site, Public Citizen states: “There is no medical reason you should be using Yasmin rather than one of the older pills containing the progestins norgestrel, levonorgestrel or norethindrone.”

Many young women find themselves suffering devastating injuries from the significantly perilous side effects and potential health risks ascribed to these drugs. Are the life-threatening side effects worth the risk of using these unsafe contraceptives?