In 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released study results on Yaz birth control. Those results showed women taking …
A Brief History of Yaz Settlements
In 2011, former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler publicly accused Bayer of making misleading Yaz marketing claims. Dr. Kessler also …
Yaz Side Effects Behind a Wave of Lawsuits
Bayer—one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world—started manufacturing popular birth control pill Yaz in 2006. Despite its popularity, …
Yaz Birth Control Injuries Reportedly Caused by Blood Clots
In March 2006, FDA-approved Yaz quickly became the best-selling oral contraceptive on the market. The popular pill drove sales of …
Yaz Birth Control 6 – 7x More Likely to Cause Blood Clot Injuries
Blood clots: they’re pernicious and sometimes deadly. Now, women taking birth control containing drospirenone are 6 to 7 times more …
Dangerous Marketing to Blame in Yaz Birth Control Lawsuit
Yaz became a wildly popular form of birth control in the United States after hitting the market in 2006. By …
FDA: Birth Control PIlls May Increase Risk of Yaz Blood Clots by 3x
On April 10, 2012 the FDA published a drug safety announcement about the risk of Yaz blood clots from drospirenone-containing …
Birth Control: The Pseudotumor Cerebri and Mirena Risk
The fight for market share frequently means that new birth control products aren’t adequately tested, don’t carry the right warnings on their labels and pose risks no woman wants to face.
Pseudotumor Cerebri Lawsuits Go Beyond Uterine Perforation
Popular contraceptive Mirena has been under legal fire for some years thanks to uterine perforations, but a new, serious side effect has been taking the center stage.
Pseudotumor Cerebri and Birth Control: The Connection
Over recent years, many lawsuits have been filed against major birth control manufacturers like Bayer thanks to the development of pseudotumor cerebri, a condition that causes pressure in the brain to rise.