Yaz Stroke Hurts the Healthy

Even otherwise healthy women can find themselves experiencing blood clots, stroke, heart arrhythmia, gallbladder disease, and pulmonary embolism—especially if they take the popular fourth-generation birth control marketed as Yaz or Yasmin. Both of these medications are based around a synthetic hormone called drospirenone, which science thinks could be the culprit behind the raised risk of Yaz blood clots problems and other issues with the birth control pill. And there are some issues—Yaz users are up to six times more likely to experience problems with blood clots and other Yaz side effects than women who take other forms of hormonal birth control. This is while taking into account the fact that all hormonal birth control, whether it be in pill, patch, or ring form, comes with some heightened risk of blood clots.

Almost 6,000 cases have been filed across the country regarding serious side effects such as Yaz Stroke and pulmonary embolism. These side effects can be fatal—and have proven to be in a number of cases.
There are many patients whose strokes and pulmonary embolism lawsuits are joining the pile when they are only teenagers and young adults. The medication remains popular among the younger generation, because of its apparent acne-fighting abilities, although most oral contraceptives come with this bonus. Strokes are the most common Yaz side effect named in lawsuits. 

Many of the lawsuits are questioning whether or not Yaz should be available to the public. They argue that there are a number of birth control pills on the market that do exactly the same job that Yaz does without such a risk attached. However, the Food and Drug Administration does not seem any closer to deciding whether or not to pull the drug. The FDA has intervened with Yaz before, however, when it was first on the market in 2006. Bayer began to advertise the drug not only as an effective birth control method, but also a treatment for acne and severe PMS. The Food and Drug Administration had not approved the latter two uses, however, and by advertising their product this way Bayer was effectively violating the law.

Women who have experienced Yaz or Yasmin side effects should contact a personal injury lawyer right away.