Women Using Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Birth Control Can Have Heart Attacks, Blood Clots, Strokes
To achieve birth control, many women must trust pharmaceutical companies. The oral contraceptives they produce are supposed to prevent pregnancy and do no harm to the user. Tragically, that is not the situation with Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.
Each of these birth control pill brands – and these only, fortunately — has the drug DRSP, or drospirenone. It is believed to cause strokes, blood clots, high blood pressure, heart attacks and even death. Thus, women who take Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella for birth control are at risk.
Those suffering from these defective drugs have a legal right to press for full and fitting economic recovery for their setbacks, such as medical costs, lost wages and pain and suffering. To do this, they may need to engage a defective drugs attorney from Jim S. Adler & Associates, a longtime personal injury law firm serving Texans across the state from offices in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
A defective drugs lawsuit by users of Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella can hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their negligence in the legal arena. Bayer is the manufacturer of Yaz and Yasmin, while Barr produces the drug’s generic brand, called Ocella.
As well as being a potential health hazard, Yasmin and Yaz have been advertised and marketed with false claims. The federal Food and Drug Administration and the attorneys general of 27 states complained to Bayer about its TV ads for Yaz and Yasmin, which made it sound as if the birth control pills reduced discomfort from PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and mild acne. These claims were not true, and Bayer had to air other ads to counter its own false claims.
Females who take Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella should be cognizant of possible side effects and symptoms, including pain, warmth or swelling in the groin or calf, sudden dizziness, fainting, confusion, sudden shortness of breath, weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, severe headaches, vision problems, coughing up blood, chest pain or pain in the jaw or left arm, and tingling, weakness or numbness in the legs or arms.
Those with such symptoms should see a physician immediately. At a later time they also should consider alerting a defective drugs attorney to seek the economic recovery to which they are entitled under the law.
Jim S. Adler & Associates is an established Texas personal injury law firm with offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Channelview. The law firm offers a free case review and represents victims of auto, car, SUV, truck, motorcycle and other traffic accidents, as well as defective drug victims.
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