Bayer Reeks Benefits While Women Suffer

Thousands of women throughout the United States have filed a Yaz lawsuit or Yasmin lawsuit against Bayer, alleging that the drug maker failed to adequately research the risks associated with the medication or warn women that they may be exposed to an increased risk of serious and potentially fatal side effects when using the birth control pills. Lawsuits also allege that Bayer engaged in deceptive and misleading advertisements that were directed to consumers and the medical community. Still, the researchers described the overall risk as low, with rates for blood-clotting cases in U.S. study of 30.8 per 100,000 women years on drospirenone versus 12.5 in the control group.
Bayer said in a statement that the methodology used showed "significant flaws."

In 2010 Bayer took in $1.6 billion of sales from drospirenone-based pills such as Yasmin, down 13 percent from a year earlier, still making it Bayer's second-best-selling pharmaceutical product after multiple sclerosis drug Betaseron. Yasmin revenue is slipping because of cheap generic copies on sale in the United States but also in part because of concern about a heightened risk of thrombosis. Thromboembolism is the medical term for a blood clot in the veins, often in the legs, that gets dislodged and can cause fatal clogging in the lungs' arteries. Yaz blood clots are fatal. Recently, 18-year-old Pfleger suffered from a life-ending blood clot.

The mother of 18-year-old, Michelle Pfleger has openly blamed the birth control for a blood clot that killed her daughter. Michelle was on her way to Elon University on September 14, 2010 to attend her morning classes when she collapsed. She died shortly after arriving at the hospital. According to the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the official cause of death was recorded as a pulmonary thromboembolism. Alberto Estrada from Phillipsburg's Warren Hospital vascular lab, stated that it is rare for an 18-year-old girl to die as a result of a pulmonary thromboembolism, but there is no certainty that the birth control pill is related to the cause of death. However, the birth control pill could be a contributing factor if the conditions were right at the time of her death. Those suffering from the adverse effects of Yaz are highly advised to contact an experienced Yaz lawyer.