Bloomberg reports that Bayer, the German drug manufacturer responsible for producing Yaz and other dropsirenone-containing birth control pills, will pay at least $110 million to settle approximately 500 personal injury lawsuits over blood clot complications.
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Two new studies show that women who take birth control pills with the newer hormone drospirenone, including Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Yasmin and Yaz, have a three-fold higher risk of developing potentially serious blood clots than women who take oral contraceptives containing the older hormone levonorgestrel.
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Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has agreed to change its warning labels on their oral contraceptive drugs Yaz and Yasmin to alert users to the risks of developing blood clots while using the oral contraceptives.
In January 2010, Leah Mayfield was rushed to the hospital after passing out in the shower. Less than an hour later she was dead. The official cause of death was pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs. The emergency room physician informed Leah’s mother that that Yaz, a birth control pill prescribed to Leah, could have caused the blood clot.
Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman answers a series of frequently asked questions concerning the birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella and their side effects.
Personal injury lawsuit filed against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical Corporation for severe and lasting injuries caused by Bayer’s prescription drug Yaz
Plaintiff attorneys at Lieff Cabraser today filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer Corporation and Bayer Healthcare Pharmacuticals, Inc., for severe side effects from the prescription birth control drug Yaz, manufactured and marketed by Bayer.
According to the New York Times the Yaz line’s image has been clouded by concerns from some researchers, health advocates and plaintiffs’ lawyers. They say that the drugs put women at higher risk for blood clots, strokes and other health problems than some other birth control pills do.
Bloomberg News reports that Bayer AG’s Yaz contraceptive is part of an investigation by a Swiss health regulator into the death of a young woman who took the pill.
Lawsuits have been filed against Bayer, the manufacturer of Yaz and Yasmin, alleging the company failed to adequately warn patients and physicians of the increased risk of serious adverse effects from Yasmin and Yaz, while touting the birth control advantages of the drugs in television advertisements.
Attorney Wendy Fleishman Provides a 2012 Update on the Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella blood clot injury litigation
Attorney Wendy Fleishman Discusses the Risks Associated with the Use of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella
Attorney Wendy Fleishman Provides an Update on Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella Dangers
CNN Senior Medical Correspondent on What To Do If You Are Concerned About Your Yaz Birth Control
ABC Discusses Upcoming FDA Hearing on Whether Yaz Packaging Should Include Extra Blood Clot Warning
Interview with Mother Whose Daughter Leah Mayfield Died After Taking Birth Control Pills
Interview with Mother Whose Daughter Michelle Pfleger Died From Blood Clot Allegedly Caused by Yaz