Settlement Amounts for Yaz Lawsuits Pending

Women throughout the country have suffered serious side effects from taking Yaz birth control pills, and many are now choosing to file lawsuits to claim compensation. They are seeking damages for time lost from work, medical costs, and critical permanent injuries. AnyYaz settlement amounts are currently pending, as the litigation process continues. The side effects linked to Yaz use include blood clots that can lead to circulatory issues, vein problems, and a whole host of other ailments.

Critical Yaz Side Effects

The most serious side effects that can come from use of Yaz or Yasmin oral contraceptives include:

• Heart attack
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Liver bleeding, liver tumors, liver cancer
• Breast cancer
• Formation of blood clots
• Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT
• Pulmonary embolism
• Cerebral hemmorage
• Blindness

Women with no personal or family history of blood clots have also developed the life-threatening side effects of Yaz that come from blood clots. Such clots often originate in the legs, and are then called DVT or deep vein thrombosis. But blood clots can happen in many other parts of the body too, including the head, pelvis, arms, lungs, and eyes, all of which can lead to serious health troubles.

Symptoms of Yaz Side Effects

Severe health problems produced by the formation of blood clots can cause symptoms such as the following in Yaz users:

• Pain in the lower leg
• Blurred vision, double vision, loss of vision
• Swelling and pain in the limbs
• Elevated blood pressure
• Sudden, sharp headaches
• Sharp or heavy chest pain
• Coughing up blood

The product information booklets and warning labels on oral contraceptives do provide some warning. Nevertheless, Bayer, the maker of Yaz and Yasmin, is accused of such irresponsible acts as:

• Failing to conduct proper research and testing on their drugs
• Failing to recall the medication once there were increased reports of life-threatening side effects among users (while the market was filled with a variety of safer alternatives)
• Providing misleading information to doctors and consumers by touting the acne-curing benefits and neglecting to mention the most serious side effects patients experience when taking Yaz for its skin-clearing ability

Irresponsible Reporting of Yaz Risks

In 2008, the FDA announced that Bayer had improperly represented their oral contraceptive’s risks and benefits to users, warning the company to take down all misleading advertisements and commercials. Since that time there has been a great increase in the number of cases filed against the manufacturer. Many women allege they should have continued to enjoy perfect health were it not for the severe side effects caused by Yaz.