Yaz in Washington Times- Andy Bederman Quoted
There are many frustrating things about the work that we are doing with women who have been injured by Bayer’s line of birth control. The idea that these women came to us after being hospitalized for taking what was supposed to be a safe drug is bad enough. But what makes it even worse is that Bayer is continuing to deny that Yaz, Yasmin and Oscella are dangerous despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. We also find it aggravating that while the Food and Drug Administration has been taking some positive steps towards bringing Bayer’s rampant and irresponsible marketing under control, they are still moving unacceptably slowly when it comes to having the drug removed from the shelves. They are currently running “more studies,” but they don’t expect to have that done within a year.
There is also an element of frustration in the deafness of the media. Greenberg and Bederman and other law firms like us have practically been crying from the rooftops about the dangers of Yaz, Yasmin and Oscella. We have been running radio and TV ads, we have been all over YouTube, and we have been running this blog, and up until today, the dangers of these birth control pills have received barely any coverage in either local or national media.
Finally, the Washington Times has taken notice that there is something very wrong with these pills, and that there has been something wrong with them from the very beginning.
For those of you who do not know about these dangers (which isn’t surprising, considering how little coverage this has received,) all three of the pills in Bayer’s line of birth control pills contain a synthetic variation of progestin called drispirenone. Bayer came to the conclusion that this variation could not only prevent pregnancy, but could also help clear up moderate forms of acne and help prevent some of the heavier symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD.) Drispirenone might very well do all three of those things, but what it also does is dramatically raise the potassium levels in the bloodstreams of the women who take them. These risks exist in practically all forms of oral contraceptives, but the inclusion of drispirenone amplifies them to a remarkable degree. It raises the chances of blood clots forming to exponential levels. These blood clots can then break apart and travel through the blood stream, where they can then cause strokes, heart attacks, and pulmonary embolisms. As well as increasing potassium levels in the blood, drispirenone has been shown to increase the cholesterol levels in the bile ducts of the gallbladder. This increases the risk of gall bladder disease, which may not be as dangerous as strokes, heart attacks or embolisms, but is still an extraordinary painful thing to go through.
This isn’t speculation on our part. Hundreds of otherwise healthy women all over the country have been hospitalized due to strokes, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms, and more than a few have died. Many have also been forced to undergo gallbladder removal surgery, or have suffered excruciating pain due to the formation of gallstones.
One of the victims of Yaz in particular is named Lottie Green, who is mentioned in the piece in the Washington Times:
“In her left lung, the pulmonologist told her, was the largest blood clot they had ever seen and there were others in her right lung as well, she said.”
Ms. Green came to us for legal help, and we are moving forward with the case. We would very much like it if she were the last woman who was forced into the hospital due to the use of Yaz or Yasmin birth control pills, but considering both Bayer’s denials and the FDA’s foot-dragging on the issue, but we are afraid that she wont be.
We have to question the priorities of the media these days. Considering that so many cable news outlets are forced to fill up twenty four hours, you would assume that they would be able to find a readily available pill that is potentially deadly to women at least somewhat newsworthy. But instead we are given hours of talking head analysis over the significance of President Obama bowing to the Emperor of Japan, or whether or not Celebrity A and Celebrity B are going to get a divorce. If it were bubble gum or baby food or deodorant that were making a high percentage of its users suffer strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms or gallbladder disease, then surely there would be news every hour on the hour, with exposes on 60 Minutes to go with it. But for some reason, the very real dangers of Yaz, Yasmin and Oscella are being ignored. Kudos to the Washington Times for informing the public in the Washington, D.C. area.
Greenberg and Bederman is a D.C. area injury law firm that is currently helping women who have been injured due to the use of Yaz, Yasmin or Oscella, contact Greenberg and Bederman in Maryland, D.C, Virginia or Baltimore for a free yaz lawyer legal consultation today.
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