Birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin concerns bring lawsuits but few solid answers
-LA Times
04/19/2010 - Yaz and Yasmin complaints focus on the synthetic progestin, drospirenone. Studies have not found an increased risk with these pills, though. When the oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz came on the market in 2001 and 2006, respectively, they were thought to be safer than other birth control pills because they contained a different kind of synthetic progestin. But in a flurry of lawsuits against the pills' maker, Bayer HealthCare, attorneys claim that the progestin contained in the pills, drospirenone, is the cause of health problems, including deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in the deep veins), strokes, heart attacks and gallbladder disease. More>>>

Woman files lawsuit against Bayer for Yasmin health affects.
-Justice News Flash
03/23/2010 - Bayer Pharmaceuticals is facing a lawsuit that contends the drug maker knowingly sold birth control pills that were risky, which led to the plaintiff’s organ failure as a result of taking the pregnancy-preventative drug. The lawsuit was filed in the San Mateo Superior Court, by the plaintiff, Louise Thanos, of Montara, as reported by the San Jose Mercury News. More>>>

About 1,100 Birth Control Lawsuits Over Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella Filed
-Oromo Index
03/19/2010 - The number of birth control lawsuits over Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella filed against Bayer Health Care has risen to about 1,100 cases, according to an annual report released by the drug maker, and the number will likely continue rising rapidly over the next year as thousands of other women are considering claims for serious injuries that may have been caused by side effects of the birth control pills. More>>>

Bayer Accused in Canadian Lawsuit of Hiding Yaz Risks
-Bloomberg
03/11/2010 - Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, was accused in a lawsuit of ignoring health risks of the contraceptive Yaz and advertising the drug as safe to boost sales. The Yasmin family of birth-control pills, known as Yaz and Yasmin, carries a four times increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism compared with other contraceptives, according to the suit, filed today in St. Catharines, Ontario, by two women. They seek class-action, or group, status to represent all women who used the drugs. More>>>

Woman Says "Yaz" Caused Blood Clots
-WREG News
03/01/2010 - Vicki Parsons had a near death experience three years ago. In June of 2007, she and her husband were on vacation when she noticed a pain in her foot. Days later she was rushed to the hospital. The doctor came back with bad news. "The doctor came in there and scratched his head and I was like what's wrong. He said you have a massive blood clot in your lungs and in your leg," said Parsons. Puzzled, the doctors ran different tests. In the end, they said it was her birth control. Parsons says she started taking Yaz just three weeks before. More>>>

Did Popular Birth Control Drug Cause Death?
-WREG
02/18/2010 - There are a growing number of lawsuits across the country from women claiming to have been harmed by the birth control drug, Yaz. The latest involves the death of a local college student who had been taking YAZ for six months. More>>>

Indy woman speaks on birth control suit
-WISHTV
02/11/2010 -Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuits have been filed in Indianapolis against Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Women across the country claim that the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin caused serious health effects. One of those women is Gina Miller, the chief financial officer at a downtown Indianapolis company. She's a wife and mother of three young children, and as if all that weren't enough to keep her busy, she also runs up to 35 miles a week. To maintain this schedule, you have to be pretty healthy, and Miller was until she began taking Yaz, a contraceptive. More>>>

Top-selling contraceptive Yaz stirs controversy
-The Daily Aztec
02/11/2010 - Many women have relied on contraceptives to prevent unplanned pregnancy for more than half a century. And in 2006, one pill claimed to be “beyond birth control,” promising to treat acne and premenstrual syndrome, thus enticing more women to choose this pill instead of others on the market. But a recently filed lawsuits and a $20 million corrective ad campaign for misleading commercials have raised questions about the safety of this pill. More>>>

Hoosier women sue Bayer over Yasmin pill
Birth control pills did serious damage, they say; maker calls products safe
-Indy Star
02/08/2010 - More than 50 women claim in lawsuits filed in Indianapolis that they suffered strokes, heart attacks or other serious health problems while taking the birth control pills Yasmin or Yaz, manufactured by Bayer Healthcare Corp. Across the nation, dozens of lawsuits have been filed in the past few months by women claiming similar health problems after taking the pills. More>>>

Yaz Gallbladder Removal Lawsuit Filed Against Bayer By Woman
-Ennislaw
01/29/2010 - A Michigan woman has filed a lawsuit against Bayer over its popular birth control pill Yaz, alleging that side effects caused her to have her gallbladder removed and suffer blood clots. The Yaz lawsuit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by Asia Moore. It is among hundreds of other cases pending against the makers of Yaz that involve allegations that the drug maker failed to adequately research the potential side effects of Yaz or warn about the increased risk of gallbladder disease, stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis or sudden death. More>>>

Woman Files Lawsuit Against Yaz Manufacturer Following Stroke
-DrugWatch
01/20/2010 - A woman filed a lawsuit against Bayer HealthCare, the manufacturer of Yaz birth control, after she experienced a stroke and other serious side effects while taking Ocella, a generic version of the oral contraceptive. More>>>

Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Pills Side Effects Prompt New Round of Lawsuits
-DFW Catholic
01/18/2009 - Jesse, the mother of a newborn in Bloomfield, NE, began taking the birth control pill Yasmin and never suspected it would cause problems. She had talked to her doctor about its possible side effects and he mentioned only blood clots. But after only a few months on the drug, she suffered severe stomach pains, and a medical exam revealed that she needed gall bladder surgery. More>>>

Yaz Contraceptive lawsuits going to trial
-UPI
01/12/2010 - The federal courthouse in East St. Louis, Ill., will hold pretrial proceedings for as many as 25,000 lawsuits involving a popular contraceptive, officials say. The lawsuits against Bayer Corp., makers of the contraceptive pill Yaz, have been filed all over the country, but will be handled by U.S. District Chief Judge David Herndon as a multidistrict litigation assignment, the Belleville News-Democrat reported Monday. More>>>

Another Woman Dies of Hormonal Contraceptive in Switzerland from Pulmonary Embolism
-LifeSiteNews
12/26/2009 - The Swiss Federation of Service to Patients (Patientenstellen der Schweiz) has called for a ban on a particular type of contraceptive pill after it was linked to the death last month of a 17-year-old German girl who died in a Swiss hospital. The girl, who died at the University Hospital of Basel, was taking a pill that includes drospirenone, a synthetic progestin, which is a compound included in newer brands, such as Yaz, Yasmin, and Yasminelle. More>>>

YAZ, Yasmin lawsuits filed locally against Bayer
-TribLive
12/17/2009 - Bayer Corp. was named in at least a half-dozen federal lawsuits filed this week in Pittsburgh alleging the company's birth control products called YAZ and Yasmin are unsafe and potentially deadly. More>>>

Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella Birth Control Serious Side Effects Risks
-J.Murawski
12/14/2009 - Many women across the nation have sustained serious injury after taking contraceptives under the names Yaz, Yasmin, or Ocella. Users of these drugs have reported serious side effects such as strokes, heart attacks, DVT (blood clots in legs), Pulmonary Embolism (blood clots in lungs, and dehydration, leading to kidney stones or gall bladder disease. More>>>

Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella Birth Control Lawsuits
-TheDailyNews
12/10/2009 - The latest “problem drug” TV commercials about Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella – which are known to cause blood clots, strokes and even death in some women – have been tough to miss. The birth control pills are manufactured by Bayer Healthcare and Barr Laboratories. Meanwhile, attorneys have seen “several dozen cases and we get more every day,” said one lawyer of a mass tort litigation group, which is primarily responsible for handling the multitude of cases. More>>>

US judge requests mass tort status for Yasmin birth control pill claims
-Michelmores Medical Negligence News
11/13/2009 - With the growing numbers of claims in the US alleging an increased risk of pulmonary embolism and other severe side-effects from the oral contraceptive Yasmin, a court in New Jersey has requested that the actions be centralised and given mass tort status. More>>>

Newark woman sues maker of Yaz birth control
- Oakland Tribune
10/23/2009 - A 39-year-old Newark woman has filed a lawsuit this week against Bayer Corp., blaming its popular birth control product Yaz for causing her stroke and other related health issues. Susan Galinis, the mother of 3-year-old twin girls, took the prescription-only product for four weeks in the summer of 2008, and wound up suffering a stroke that caused her to be hospitalized for six months, said her attorney. More>>>

Pharmaceutical company behind Yaz forced to air corrective advertising
-Independent Florida Alligator
10/22/2009 - Back in 2008, pharmaceutical maker Bayer released a series of ads for Yaz, a birth control pill. The ads claimed that Yaz can treat various premenstrual symptoms and help clear up acne on skin. But oops-they weren't supposed to say that. The FDA said that these ads made claims that it hadn't approved, and they didn't adequately disclose the health risks associated with Yaz. More>>>

Lawsuits Against Yaz Increasing
-empowerher
10/22/2009 - While all birth control pills have side effects, Yaz and its sister pill, Yasmin (which contains less estrogen) seems to be taking the cake for increasing lawsuits for its effect on women. More>>>

Bayer under pressure as birth control pills linked to blood clots
-Deutsche Welle
10/21/2009 - A hormone in some birth control pills made by Bayer may cause dangerous blood clots, studies have found. The pills have been linked to several recent deaths, but a ban is considered unlikely. More>>>

Pulmonary Embolism Leads To Woman's Death After Using Birth Control
-EmaxHealth
10/13/2009 - Swissmedic, the medical regulatory agency in Switzerland, is looking into the death of a young woman who suffered a pulmonary embolism that appears to be a side effect of her birth control medication. According to the agency, the woman had been using Yaz, an oral medication made by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for about 10 months when her death occurred in mid-September. More>>>

Deaths Linked To Trendy Birth Control Pill
-The Bulletin
10/12/2009 - It was mid-August, 2008, when 24-year-old Tanya Hayes began to experience breathlessness and what her family described as a “nasty, hard cough.” A busy student, Tanya ignored the symptoms until one afternoon when she collapsed in a car park in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. Five hours later, she was pronounced dead of a pulmonary embolism. More>>>

Woman alleges pill caused death of unborn baby, sues drug maker
-The Southeast Texas Record
09/30/2009 - A pregnant woman claiming her birth control pills are responsible for her blood clot and the death of her unborn baby has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the drug's manufacturer. More>>>

Are Yaz and Yasmine Safe? What You Should Know About Your Birth Control
-Twirlit
09/29/2009 - Conflicting reports are out about the safety of Bayer’s popular lines of birth control: Yaz and Yasmine. While a Bayer sponsored study shows the pills are no less safe than other birth control pills in their incidences of stroke or blood clots, some women, their attorneys and other researches argue just the opposite. More>>>

Yaz and Yasmin: the Facts Behind the Hype
-TheFasterTimes
09/29/2009 - The New York Times reported September 25 on the controversy surrounding Yaz and Yasmin, two popular birth control pills (BCPs). Part of the controversy stems from problematic marketing and manufacturing processes identified by the Food and Drug Administration. However, the principal concern is whether these medications increase the risk of blood clots. More>>>

On Yaz, Bayer Believes "a Multiple of a Rare Event Is Still a Rare Event"
-BNET
09/29/2009 – The mainstream media has finally woken up to Bayer’s problems on its Yaz contraceptive brands. The New York Times published a story over the weekend about the 74 lawsuits against the company alleging that the pills cause potentially fatal embolisms in users. A close look at recent events at Bayer indicate that the company seems to see the world one way, even though everyone else sees it another. More>>>

Oral Contraceptive Linked to Death from Blood Clot
-MedIndia
09/28/2009 - German drugmaker Bayer is in serious trouble after Swiss medical authorities revealed that they are investigating reports that a woman died after consuming a low dose contraceptive manufactured by Bayer. More>>>

Health Concerns Over Popular Contraceptives
-The New York Times
09/26/2009 - The oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin are the top-selling pharmaceutical line for Bayer HealthCare, largely as a result of marketing that presents them as much more than mere pregnancy prevention. Yaz, in particular, the top-selling birth control pill in the United States, owes much of its popularity to multimillion-dollar ad campaigns that have promoted the drug as a quality-of-life treatment to combat acne and severe premenstrual depression. More>>>

Bayer’s Yaz Consumer’s Death Probed By Swiss Agency
-Bloomberg
09/26/2009 - Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, said its Yaz contraceptive is part of an investigation by a Swiss health regulator into the death of a young woman who took the pill. The Swissmedic agency and an investigative judge are looking into the case of the woman, who died from the effects of pulmonary embolism, Bayer’s Swiss health unit said in a statement posted on its Web site yesterday. More>>>

FDA Sends Warning Letter to Makers of Yaz – Yasmin
-US Recall News
09/17/2009 - As if the makers of Yasmin / Yaz didn’t have enough to worry about with pending lawsuits related to major side-effects, now they’ve been served a warning letter from the FDA for quality control problems at a plant in Germany that manufactures one of the ingredients in the drug. More>>>

Pennsylvania Poised to be Center of State Court Yaz(R) Yasmin(R) Ocella(R) Birth Control Litigation
- US Newswire
09/17/2009 - Yesterday, Judge Sandra Mazer Moss, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, consolidated all lawsuits filed in Philadelphia that involve Bayer's popular birth control pills, commonly known as Yaz or Yasmin. Philadelphia is likely to be the country's center for state court litigation involving this widely used birth control pill. More>>>

BMJ: Ingredient in Bayer's Yaz Causes More Blood Clots Than Rivals
-Bnet
09/12/2009 - Folks inside the Yaz brand management team at Bayer have another pill-induced headache this month in the form of a BMJ study that indicates the progesterone ingredient of Yaz is more risky than those in other contraceptives. More>>>

Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills: Serial Killers?
-Examiner
09/08/2009 - Yasmin is the brand name for a birth control pill that is generically known as drospirenone. It is also a treatment for moderate acne and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in women. Yasmin is produced by Berlex Laboratories, Inc.(this name changed to Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals in 2008) as an oral contraceptive. More>>>

Yaz and Yasmin: Potentially Dangerous
-24-7 Press Release
09/05/2009 - Two recently released studies in the prestigious British Medical Journal show oral contraceptives including Yaz and Yasmin cause a dramatic increase in the risk of blood clots. The data indicates users of the pills are 6.3 times more likely to suffer blood clots that can lead to dangerous health problems such as heart arrhythmia, heart attacks and strokes. More>>>

Yaz Lawsuits Heat Up – Is a Recall on the Horizon?
-US Recall News
09/02/2009 - Several lawsuits have been filed against Bayer due to serous side effects associated with Yasmin / Yaz. Here we discuss the implications such a lawsuit would have on a potential recall. Both the drugs are oral contraceptives that contain synthetic versions of the hormones estrogen and progestin, and are associated with side effects including stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, gallbladder problems, and kidney problems. More>>>

Birth control pill 'Yaz' named in suit against Bayer, Walgreens
-St.Clair Record
08/24/2009 - After a birth control pill spent months in the spotlight during commercials aimed at correcting misrepresentations about it, the pill is now at the center of a St. Clair County lawsuit. Kerry Sims filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 against Bayer and Walgreens, alleging her ingestion of the birth control pill Yasmin, which is also known as Yaz, caused her to experience a blood clot in her lung and infection surrounding the clot. More>>>

Low-estrogen birth-control pills safer than others
European research finds that oral contraceptives with high doses of the hormone increase users' risk of blood clots
-The Globe And Mail
08/15/2009 - Many women are not using the safest birth-control pills possible, new research suggests. While it is well established that taking oral contraceptives slightly increases the risk of blood clots, two new European studies say that risk varies depending on the type of product chosen. More>>>