Yaz or Yasmin Birth Control Side Effects
Yaz birth control side effects
Whenever you think about birth control side effects, what comes to mind?
A little bit of weight gain? A minor swelling of the breasts, or maybe breast soreness? A lightening of the period, or spotting between periods? An occasional mood swing?
These are the sorts of birth control side effects that have occurred on a pretty regular basis since the birth control pill was placed on the market. Most women and medical professionals view these issues as more of a nuisance than a detriment. And quite often, even if they do occur, the benefits of the pill seem to far outweigh the negative aspects.
But there are other side effects to the pill that don’t even belong under that category. While breast soreness and weight gain can fall under the category of “birth control side effects,” strokes, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms certainly can’t. These injuries can at the very least be considered “birth control complications,” but if the pharmaceutical industry were to be honest, they would call them “birth control dangers.”
After all, there is a big difference between coping with gaining five pounds and learning how to live your life after a massive stroke from a birth control with severe adverse side effects. And while weight gain or other minor inconveniences are far more likely than stroke, heart attacks or pulmonary embolisms with standard, run of the mill birth control pills, the odds of a “birth control danger” happening to users of a line of birth control pills manufactured by Bayer are much higher.
The birth control pills in question go under the names “Yaz,” “Yasmin” and “Oscella.” These pills were marketed by Bayer as not only birth control pills, but also as “lifestyle choices.” The pills were sold in flashy, chic advertising campaigns that showed successful women in expensive clubs and seemingly prestigious universities touting the big differences that these pills have made to their lives.
These birth control pills were marketed as a cure for acne, and as a cure for PMS, PMDD and mood swings. It was even marketed as a “light dose” pill, which gives one the impression that you could take it without having to worry about those minor “birth control side effects” that we mentioned earlier. And while that might be the case, we are quite sure that any user of Yaz, Yasmin or Oscella would choose breast soreness over a pulmonary embolism any day of the week.
What makes Bayer’s line of birth contyrol pills yaz, yasmin, and ocella,more dangerous is the use of a synthetic variation of progestin called drispirenone. This variation is what is supposed to bring with it “freedom” from acne, PMS, etc. But what drispirenone is also apparently doing is raising the potassium levels in the bloodstream of women how have been taking Yaz, Yasmin or Oscella. This is not a harmless development. High potassium levels in the blood add to an already existing risk of blood clotting, which can and does lead to strokes, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms. More and more women are coming forward with their stories of very painful episodes of hospitalization as the result of taking these birth control pills, and there have been some cases that almost defy description.
Consider Susan Galinis. She lives in San Francisco and is the mother of 3 year old twins. Ms. Galinis suffered from fairly severe menstrual pain, so her doctor recommended that she start taking Yaz. Exactly one month and one day after she began to take the pill, she suffered an enormous stroke. The swelling in her brain was so severe that surgeons had to remove a part of her skull.
Ms. Galinis’ stroke is not the sort from which one recovers. In her own words:
"My IQ has plummeted to 77, which I guess is borderline mentally retarded, from the stroke, from the brain damage, that's what they say it is…”
She was in the hospital for six months. She cannot drive and can barely take care of herself, let alone her two children. She has no capacity for short term memory. And according to her own doctors, what caused this catastrophic stroke was the use of Yaz birth control pills. So Ms. Galinis is quite rightly filed a lawsuit against Bayer not only for damages, but also to attempt to take the pills of the market altogether.
Bayer responded with the following:
"Patient safety is our top priority. Bayer's oral contraceptives have been and continue to be extensively studied worldwide and are safe and effective when used according to the product labeling."
This response implies that Ms. Galinis has nobody to blame for her condition but herself. That she somehow bungled using the pills, or simply didn’t pay attention to any of the warnings. But bear in mind that Bayer themselves did a remarkably poor job warning the public of any complications that may occur. And it should also be noted that there are plenty of women who followed what warning there were to the letter, and still ended up hospitalized or worse from the adverse side effects of these birth control pills.
Greenberg and Bederman is a law firm that is currently offering assistance to women in the Washington, D.C. area who have suffered from serious side effect complications due to being prescribed Yaz, Yasmin or Oscella. If you or a loved one in the District, Northern Virginia, Maryland or Baltimore have suffered an injury or hospitalization due to the use of any of Bayer’s line of birth control pills, including yaz, yasmin, or oscella, contact Greenberg and Bederman for a free yaz injury legal consultation today.
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