Which Yaz and Yasmin Side Effects Lead to Lawsuits?

Many women, including current and former Yaz users, have experienced one or more side effects of Yaz and may be confused by headlines talking about Yaz side effects lawsuits. Is every woman who had side effects from Yaz or Yasmin birth control pills eligible to file a lawsuit? First, it’s good to be familiar with the numerous types of side effects these pills can cause. In addition, it’s important to understand that the consequences of these side effects for patients vary widely and depend on many different considerations.

Yaz Advertising and Lawsuits

Yasmin and Yaz are produced by a company named Bayer Pharmaceuticals. There is also a generic form of Yasmin marketed by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Yasmin and Yaz make use of both ethinyl estradiol as well as a new progestin, drospirenone. The pills were promoted as effective birth control for young women, and some additional benefits of taking these pills were also featured prominently in print and television ads. The ads touted Yaz and Yasmin’s acne-clearing ability, as well as its tendency to alleviate the physical symptoms of PMDD. PMDD, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder, is a severe type of PMS that some women suffer from.
Critics of Yaz and Yasmin quickly challenged the ads and marketing, saying that the FDA had not approved the pills for the treatment of acne or PMDD. Even worse, it was alleged, Bayer Pharmaceutical did not include proper warning about the potential side effects of these oral contraceptives. Many of the currently pending Yaz lawsuits mention Bayer’s lack of warning about side effects, and some even place the blame for this dearth of information on the physician who prescribed the pills.

Who Can File a Yaz Lawsuit?

Anyone who has undergone suffering or injury stemming from the use of Yaz birth control may have the right to file a Yaz lawsuit. The medicine may also have been described as Yasmin or Ocella.
There are no regulations stating how long an individual consumed Yaz in order to be eligible to file a Yaz lawsuit.
At the present time there are no regulations regarding the age of potential Yaz lawsuit plaintiffs.
Yaz Lawsuits Have Been Filed Based on Claims of:

• Gallbladder disease
• Heart arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Blood clots
• Pulmonary embolism
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Sudden death

Because of the high number of Yaz lawsuits being filed by and for the women who have suffered from severe Yaz or Yasmin side effects, it is expected that class action lawsuits will be brought against the manufacturer of these medications. There are also women who have died as a result of taking Yaz birth control, and their families are now eligible to file a Yaz wrongful death lawsuit. Individual lawsuits are now being centralized under multidistrict litigations. Legal experts predict that the earliest cases will go to trial sometime in the first half of 2012.