Yaz Blood Clots

• Death. Yaz/Yazmin suspected as the cause of death of more than 100 women, according to various studies and reports.

Serious injury. Yaz/Yazmin takers face greater risk of developing blood clots or venous thromboembolism than do women taking other birth-control pills, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

• The main ingredient inYaz/Yazmin is drospirenone. The FDA and reputable researchers have expressed concerns about the safety of drospirenone. Findings show that one of every 1,000 women who take drospirenone-based birth-control pills develop Yaz blood clots or venous thromboembolism. One study reported that Yaz/Yasmin takers’ risk of blood clots is 100 percent greater than for women taking something else.

• The maker of Yaz/Yazmin knew about the greater Yaz blood clot risk but failed to tell the FDA what it knew, even though required by law to do so – and, when the company finally got around to it, the information submitted was shaded to make the blood clot risk seem not so bad (New York Times).

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