At least 23 Canadian women have died as a result of Yaz birth control blood clots, according to a new CBC News report. Health Canada records show that the deaths were very unexpected. Miranda Scott, an 18-year-old woman, was working out on an elliptical machine... Read More

Five women have joined together to file a Yaz deep vein thrombosis lawsuit in Illinois. The plaintiffs all allege use of the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella led to a potentially life-threatening condition known as deep vein thrombosis. The women add their complaint to... Read More

Five women hailing from Nebraska, Texas, Florida, and Indiana have joined the ranks of thousands who claim that Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals failed to warn about Yaz blood clots risk. The plaintiffs each took Yasmin or Yaz as their primary form of birth control and later suffered... Read More

Media reports of side effects associated with Bayer Pharmaceuticals' once-popular birth control medications, Yaz and Yasmin, have led to a decline in sales of the controversial medications. However, drug maker Actavis, Inc. recently announced that they will resume their sales of a generic version of... Read More

A new Yaz lawsuit was filed on April 2, 2013, alleging the Bayer manufactured oral contraception led to dangerous side effects that threatened the lives of the plaintiffs. Also named in the lawsuit were McKesson Corporation and Berlex Laboratories. These companies, as well as Bayer,... Read More

Yaz is a controversial birth control medication that became popular after it was introduced as a safe and effective oral contraceptive. Thousands of women, young women in particular, began to take the medication, which contains the synthetic hormone drospirenone as well as estrogen, hormones that... Read More

On March 19, 2013, a new Yaz lawsuit was filed by five women who joined together after they allegedly sustained severe side effects from the Bayer manufactured oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and the generic version of the drug Ocella. The case was filed in the... Read More

In 2007, Oklahoma resident Brandy Armantrout started taking the Bayer manufactured oral contraceptive Yaz. Feeling a tingling sensation in her left arm in December of 2012, she went to the hospital to learn that she didn’t have a pulse in her left wrist. In terrible... Read More