Thursday, October 22, 2009

Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Defective Birth Control Can Trigger Strokes, Heart Attacks

By Bruce Westbrook

For oral contraceptives, millions of women place their trust in pharmaceutical companies. Those drugs are supposed to do their job -- prevent pregnancy - and do nothing to harm the user. Sadly, that is not the case with Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.

Those birth control pills - and those only - contain an ingredient called DRSP, or drospirenone. That drug is known to cause high blood pressure, blood clots, heart attacks, strokes and even death in women who take Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella.

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.

Beyond the dangers of such drugs, they've been marketed with lies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the attorneys general of 27 states complained to Bayer about its advertising, which suggested that its oral contraceptives lessened PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and mild acne. Such claims were false, and Bayer had to produce more ads as a counter measure.

Women who suffer from Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella should be wary of these symptoms and side effects: sudden dizziness, fainting, confusion, slurred speech, severe headaches, sudden shortness of breath, weakness, tingling or numbness in the legs or arms, weakness on one side of the body, vision problems, coughing up blood, chest pain or pain in the jaw or left arm, and pain, warmth or swelling in the groin or calf.

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.

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