Research executed on healthy, premenopausal women in the Netherlands established that Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella (generic Yasmin) suffered an elevated risk of venous thrombosis as compared to non-users. The risks were increased as high as fivefold with oral contraceptive pills. These studies were published in August 2009. This was merely the beginning of the controversy surrounding Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella and the subsequent lawsuits to come involving Yaz side effects.
Among the recent controversies impending on Yasmin, Yaz and Ocella birth control, the contraceptives also include drospirenone, a component not in other oral contraceptives. The British Medical Journal published studies in August 2009 establishing a higher risk of venous blood clots in women taking drospirenone as opposed to those who received other oral contraceptives. In that same month, the Food & Drug Administration issued an non-related advisory to Bayer Pharmaceuticals, makers of Yasmin, for using low-quality batches of drospirenone from a plant in Germany. For the benefit of public interest and wellbeing, these articles have been made available free on the web.
Little know birth control side effects such as Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and even death have also been reported as a result of using Ocella, Yasmin and Yaz. With the clinical studies available on the internet, it is more important than ever to arm yourself with knowledge before resolving if a pharaceutical is right for you. Something as ever-present as ‘the pill’ can cause serious damage or even kill you if you are not mindful.
