Side Effects and Risks of Oral Contraceptives
Reports of Yaz side effects continue to develop as the manufacturers of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella ready themselves for further judicial proceedings and more potential suits. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, makers of Yasmin and Yaz, and Barr Pharmaceuticals, makers of the generic version Ocella have been barraged with allegement ranging from downplaying the severeness of side effects in their adverts to knowingly unleashing a serious and potentially deadly product on American women.
Questions were asked when women in their 20s and 30s were suddenly falling victim to ischemic stroke and heart attack after being put on Yaz. Young, healthy women who were on this brand of birth control for as little as a few months were exhibiting symptoms of major side effects and serious health risks. Ischemic stroke, heart arrhythmia, and pulmonary embolism are just some of the serious Yaz side effects allegedly experienced by patients put on this birth control pill.
It is essential that women became their own advocates and take charge of the decisions being made about their health and their bodies. As a whole, the American public relies too heavily on doctors and medications to give them answers in a bottle. In the internet age, it is up to you to do your own inquiry and remain informed. Drug recalls and corporate lawsuits have become all too commonplace in America. At some point, individuals have to stop expecting the government and big business to have their welfare in mind. It is time for the public to finally take the initiative and not be so quick to swallow anything passed to them in pill form.
