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YAZ Lawsuit Information
I have been taking YAZ birth control pills for a long time and I heard a commercial for a lawyer saying that YAZ has BAD side effects and can even kill you! They said if you have ever taken it to call their law firm and talk to an attorney right away because there is a "class action" lawsuit against YAZ!
I didn't get the phone number or website because I was so in shock and I haven't seen the commercial again so can anyone tell me who I should call about getting legal help? And what good is legal assistance if I am dead? Can you really die from taking birth control pills? They said blood clots and cancer and stuff. :(
I am scared! Help!
Signed terrified yaz user!
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Razhie is correct in what she has told you.
There was a book written that became a best seller about these lawyers who file product liability law suits. In the law they are called "Torts" or common law as it is based on common sense rather than statute law. The book was called, I believe "King of Torts", it was an interesting book of fiction based on the reality of Tort suits.
This is what is happening with the YAZ commercial you have seen. The lawyer sees an opportunity to win a product liability suit against Yaz. There may be millions at dollars at stake here if the suit is won. First the Lawyers get paid in full. Then what is left over is divided among the claimants.
I was inadvertently involved in one such suit. They won the suit. The settlement was in the millions of dollar range. After the lawyers took there fees the claimants received $67.85 which is what I paid for the product the suit was over.
Yaz is no more dangerous then any other birth control on the market. It is popular therefore it may be having a higher incident of what is called adverse outcomes. This is an all encompassing term for anything from rashes to death. The commercials I see warns against certain practices while taking Yaz as those practices such as smoking increase those risks.
If your concerned talk to your doctor about a different medication or another form of birth control. Always be honest and forthcoming with your doctor so the doctor can properly treat you and prescribe accordingly. Have regular check ups by a GYN and you should be okay with what ever form of birth control you and your doctor agree on.
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All birth control carries some health risks (that's why you need to see a doctor to get a prescription, and most doctors require a three month check-in while using BC).
Yaz, just like ALL hormonal birth control, comes with a small risk for blood clots, pulmonary embolism, heart attack and stroke.
However, overall risk of blood clot/stoke/ectra. from any birth control method remains extremely small and doctors don't recommend against using birth control unless you know you are already at risk of stroke or clotting from another condition.
Thousands of people having been suing Yaz since 2005 - with no success yet. It sounds to me like a trumped up case, meant mainly to make the lawyers money and to shame young women and make them afraid of sex and birth control.
If you are really worried, the hormone that people are blaming for Yaz being worse than other Birth Control Pills is called drospirenone. Ask your doctor to switch you to a pill that doesn't contain drospirenone. In the end tho, you need to remember that the stuff you put in your body (caffeine, sugar, drugs, birth control pills) ALL carry some really small risks - the trick is deciding what risks are so small, that they make it worth it to continue. The vast majority of doctors agree, that for the vast majority of women, the benefits of birth control vastly outweigh the small risks.
The best thing you can do is get regular checkups and be honest with your doctor - that way they can tell you if the risks for you are different than the risks for the majority of people.
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