Protect your rights and the rights of your family. Individual lawsuits and Yazmin class action lawsuits are being reviewed throughout the United States, and there are no fees or expenses unless a recovery is obtained. So now this is scary is I am taking it and not sure if this is safe anymore. Anyone know anything regarding this?
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I'm stopping Yaz today b/c of the sudden migraines, ear pain, and nausea I've been having. I had no idea about all of the problems women are experiencing while taking these 2 BCP's. I've been on yaz for over a year now and am just now experiencing these problems. I know that every BCP has these risks, but from what I've been researching, it's significantly higher for those taking Yaz/Yasmin. I'm just lucky enough to not have had a PE, heart attack, or stroke like many testimonials I have been reading.
Most of them all have the same risks, give or take. It's just another something for people to make money off of.
At age 13 I was put on Accutane due to my horrible cystic acne. There were lawsuits over it, because people were trying to claim it caused depression and that is why a US, I want to say senator or something, government official and a teenage boy committed suicide. It's the equivalent of taking alot of vitamin A.
So now a doctor has to take special training in order to prescribe the med and you can't have it called in, you have to have a special yellow label on your prescription.
The government offical guy was in alot of hot water,or so I was told. And the teenager flew a plain into a building in Florida I want to say, but not 100% sure since it was a while ago.
It's just another way for people to make money.
I think the lawsuit is bullcrap personally. There are side effects with every drug on the market by perscription or OTC. Yasmin/Yaz are elective medications every woman that has filled their script and taken the meds have known that there were possible side effects. Super sorry if you had them but it was your choice, there shouldnt be a ridiculous lawsuit trying to get money out it.
Accutane has to be monitored because it can severely damage your liver. Anyway, sorry for off-topic.
FiestyShamrock said: "Super sorry if you had them but it was your choice, there shouldnt be a ridiculous lawsuit trying to get money out it."
Here's some information out of an article stating the reason why many women are placing lawsuits against the company:--
Two pension funds for firefighters and city employees in Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit against Bayer, saying that the drug maker hid health risks and misrepresented the effectiveness of its popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. The complaint joins hundreds of other lawsuits pending against the pharmaceutical company over problems with Yaz and Yasmin.
The Yaz / Yasmin lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the Philadelphia Firefighters Union Local No. 22 Health and Welfare Fund, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 47 Health and Welfare Fund. The funds accuse Bayer of unlawfully promoting Yaz to mislead investors about the value of the company, concealing the drug’s increased risks of blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, gallbladder disease, pulmonary embolisms and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
There are currently at least 300 Yaz lawsuits or Yasmin lawsuits pending in state or federal courts throughout the United States, according to a report by Bloomberg News. Most of the complaints have been filed on behalf of users of the birth control pills who suffered a personal injury that they allege Bayer failed to adequately warn about.
I was the same way as many other people, thinking that "Oh yeah it's just a bunch of BS", but your ideas change once you start having side effects from it. I've stopped taking Yaz for a week now, but am still suffering through side effects until the medication gets out of my system. It wasn't exactly my choice to go on Yaz, the pharmacy on base doesn't carry my former birth control (that I LOVED), and Yaz was the only alternative RECOMMENDED by my doctor for PCOS.
ya ive decided to go off yasmin once and for all. despite the benefits, i've also had a lot of not so good things happen like weight gain and falling asleep after every meal. just feeling tired in general.
Hi Soulcysters,
I was on novynette since Sept 2008-Oct 2009, I didn't get any side effects I pain a little weight on it, but I don't want to blame the pill (that was from lack of excercise). I stopped because I got a new ob/gyn who put me on Yasmin because he thinks I have endometriosis. Should I stop or just wait it out for the first 3 packs as he told me to do? and is there any other bcp good for controlling pcos and endo?
My, I didn't know there were such serious side effects to this pill. Please can someone tell me another bcp that I can go on, or should I go back to Novynette.
I started with Yasmin, my doctor put me on it for the PCOS. I took that for a few months but was too nauseas all the time, so he said he would put me on Yaz and the nausea would stop. Well the nausea stopped and a few months later I was diagnosed with a DVT. I was on both pills less than a year. Now I can never take BC's again which leaves me no choice but Metformin for PCOS treatment. They say the 4th generation BCP's are not good. Be careful with these two BCP's and I would talk to your doctor's about trying another BCP.
There is more than just Metformin to treat PCOS. There are also different types of birth control pills out there, more than what we are told because I have been on them. There are birth control pills that are about the same as taking Depo even. There are also many herbal supplements you can take to help PCOS, it's just a matter of finding out what works for you. Sometimes nothing works and I know that from experience. I have tried it all and I prefer not taking anything and just taking my pre-natals and my insulin.
You might look into taking Vitex, but talk to your doctor and do some homework. I hear good things about it, but you shouldn't be trying for a baby while taking it because we don't know the effects it could have. In OB/GYN 1% is too much of a risk and that's why.
Best wishes!
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My boyfriend, coworkers, mom-- everyone who knows I'm on Yaz freaks out about this-- and this is what I usually tell them.
If the medical conditions described in these lawsuits were something other than the usual BCP possibilities, I would consider going off of Yaz. As it is, these conditions are complications with any BCP-- maybe it just seems easier to go after Yaz because the formula they use (with the synthetic progesterone) is easier to single out in a marketplace filled with many many birth control brands.
Personally, Yaz has been amazing for me, and is good for many women with PCOS because of the same synthetic progesterone that sets it apart from the others. My Reproductive Endo changed my BCP to Yaz a few months ago because Loestrin was reeking havoc on my mind and body. The synthetic progesterone in Yaz reduces androgenic effects like acne, mood, and weight gain, and I've seen a HUGE DIFFERENCE in these areas since I started taking it.
If you take Yaz it comes with (like all BCPs) a booklet. I don't remember what the others come with, but with the Yaz, it includes tables of statistics concerning the possibilitiy of these issues happening to you, varying by age group. I would take a good look at those before you pull yourself off Yaz, or any BCP for these reasons. My risk of death, according to the Yaz booklet, is under 1 in 100,000. For smokers in my age group its 6 in 100,000. The risks start to increase more greatly after 35, particularly if you smoke after age 35.
I think this is something every woman has to decide for herself, but a 1 in 100,000 risk is something I am willing to take to find a BCP that accurately manages my PCOS symptoms. PCOS has been torturing me the last ten years, and now that I have a name to put with the things that have been happening to me, I do not plan on abandoning any remedy.
I really hate that I am defending a pharm. company here, because all evidence points to the fact that they're evil corporations with powerful lobbying firms who often buy their way into the FDA and our bodies. I have seen two doctors who describe BCPs as among my best defenses against PCOS, though. And I'd rather take my chances than continue to go without having a period and face possible uterine cancer. I think at the end of the day the argument shouldn't necessarily be about Yaz vs. another pill, but about the fact that we're taking BCPs at all-- introducing man-made hormones into our bodies, tricking them into thinking they're pregnant, and then flushing what's left over into our water supply! BCPs have been around for 40 years-- who knows what the long term effects are on us or our environment!
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I am a lot more uncomfortable with the pill in general than I am with Yaz specifically. I am willing to take it as long as it continues to make such a marked improvement in my health, but I think it'd be great if we could find an alternative for all BCPs soon.
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