Bayer Healthcare To Launch New Birth Control Pill Amid Controversy Over Yaz Oral Contraceptive
NPR reported this week that Bayer is planning to release its latest birth control pill called Natazia. The new drug contains a form of estrogen never before used as an oral contraceptive. In addition to the drug itself, the dosing schedule is also new: women will take four combinations and doses of hormones each month instead of one pill a day.
Bayer is the leading manufacturer of birth control pills, and their development of a new contraceptive pill comes at a time when Bayer is still dealing with the fall out from alleged serious side effects from its previous birth control drug Yaz.
Across the U.S., almost 3,000 women are suing Bayer alleging serious injuries related to the use of the drug. Side effects may include blood clots, deep vein thrombosis, strokes, heart attacks, gall bladder damage, and kidney problems. In certain cases, women have died suddenly. Learn more about dangerous Yaz side effects and Yaz lawsuits.
