Yaz Birth Control Lawsuits

07/06/2014

Washington, DC: With all the hype surrounding alleged side effects associated with Yasmin and Yaz, it remains odd that concern for Beyaz side effects on the...

06/26/2014

Becoming a parent can be one of the most wonderful yet terrifying things to happen to a person. To ensure "the miracle of life" only occurs on your terms, it's best to know fact from fiction when it
comes to birth control.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/birth-control-options-truth-behind-common-birth-control-myths-289730

03/27/2014

The birth control safety advocates are alerting those women who have taken the oral contraceptives Yaz or Yasmin. Court records for March show the number of lawsuits alleging the drugs caused side effects like blood clots decreasing as the number of settlements rises.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 25, 2014 The birth control safety advocates at DrugNews.net are alerting those women who have taken the oral contraceptives Yaz or Yasmin of the latest Yaz report on the site. Court records for March show the number of lawsuits alleging the drugs caused side effects like bl...

02/23/2014

The recent lawsuit with Merck, makers of NuvaRing, has raised the awareness that hormonal birth control can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Recent studies have concluded that 55,000 more women than men a year will have a stroke. Part of the reason that women are more susceptible to stroke has to do with hormonal birth control.

NuvaRing, like YAZ, received a lot of bad press because compared to other hormone birth control these two were almost three times as likely to cause stroke. Dr. Petra Casey from the Mayo Clinic cautions women however when they hear these numbers to consider the actual statistics.

By that she means that with taking YAZ or NuvaRing 15 out of 100,000 women are likely to experience health problems, this is in comparison to 5 out of 100,000 women who are at risk through other forms of hormonal birth control.

The recent lawsuit with Merck, makers of NuvaRing, has raised the awareness that hormonal birth control can cause heart attacks and strokes. Recent studies have concluded that 55,000 more women tha...

02/11/2014

Merck may be poised to settle lawsuits over its contraceptive for $100 million—a bargain, Bloomberg notes, compared to drugmakers such as Bayer, which has paid more than $1.6 billion over claims surrounding its birth control pills Yaz and Yazmin.

The drugmaker may be able to settle around 3,800 cases for 100 million.

01/23/2014

Yaz and NuvaRing are in a different category. They’re both hormonal birth control methods that have a higher risk of blood clots than other hormonal birth control options.

“The Controversial Birth Control You’ve Never Heard Of,” a headline in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan blares. The article is about women who have had bad experiences with a form of sterilization—not exactly birth control—called Essure. Essure is a procedure that involves inserting nickel and fiber...

12/12/2013

Let’s talk about the side effects of birth control pills. Common ones include: nausea, weight gain, sore or swollen breasts, spotting between periods, and mood changes. And those are considered the good ones. As WebMD notes, some side effects can be severe.

They include: stomach pain, chest pain, migraines, blurred vision and swelling or aching in the legs and thighs. These could indicate a serious disorder, such as liver disease, gallbladder disease, stroke, blood clots, high blood pressure, or heart disease.

NuvaRing, a popular form of birth control, is raising concerns over its safety, but that is a road I will never go down.

09/17/2013

Quinns Rocks, Australia: Imagine you are 25 years old and told that you were likely 24 to 48 hours away from having a massive stroke or heart attack. That’s what...

09/14/2013

Peotone's Maggie Yunker had been taking birth control pills for a year when her doctor suggested switching to a brand that also could clear up acne and ease some aggravating symptoms related to her period.

09/06/2013

A Pennsylvania woman is suing the makers of the Yaz birth control drug over allegations that she sustained deep vein thrombosis as a result of her taking the oral contraceptive.

08/28/2013

http://www.newsday.com/business/yaz-yasmin-lawsuits-allegations-help-resource4thepeople-reports-important-court-hearing-scheduled-in-consolidated-federal-cases-1.5970521

Judge sets date for status conference in multidistrict litigation. Resource4thePeople announces its national network of attorneys will continue to offer free consultations for consumers about seeking

08/27/2013

More than 200 women who claim they have suffered severe side effects from the contraceptives pills Yaz and Yasmin have contacted a law firm investigating a potential class action against pill maker Bayer.