UPDATE: There have been reports this morning that up to 600 Australian women are considering taking legal action against the pharmaceutical group Bayer, who are the makers of contraceptive pills Yasmin and Yaz.
The women say they’ve suffered side effects, such as blood clots, after taking the pill.
It’s previously been documented that women have a heightened risk of blood clots when they take Yasmin and Yaz. This is a post written by Mamamia’s Deputy Editor Lucy Ormonde about what to do if you’re a women who’s currently taking one of those pills….
I’m trying really hard not to freak out right now.
But recently, there’s been a string of reports in the media suggesting the contraceptive pill I takes leaves users with a greater risk of blood clots, heart attacks, strokes and blindness.
Anyone one else out there on Yaz or Yasmin?
Hello!
But seriously. I’ve been taking Yasmin on and off for around six years now and I’ve never had a problem. But after seeing these reports I’m keen to know whether I need to get up from my desk and mainline for the GP and get my script changed for something that doesn’t, you know, want to kill me.
In a detailed feature this month, Marie Claire looked at the claims that have been made that Yaz and Yasmin give women a six-fold increase of suffering from blood clots.
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YAZ KILLED MY DAUGHTER. At just 17 years of age my beautiful child (one of identical twins) passed away April 19th 2013 from a 60cm blood clot from her heart to her groin....Lakota didn't have a chance leaving her twin sister Jo-Dene devistated at losing her 'other half'.
Family and friends still mourn the loss of my extraordinary young woman and as I type tears stream down my face at knowing I will never see or touch my Darling ever again.
Share this story with all you can and stop the pain and heartache Bayer deal.
They are little more than 'Dealers in Death'.....
I'm only 20 years old, I'm in hospital atm with a viral infection but they also picked up that I had a blood clot in my lung. I also suffer with confusional migraines and my Neurologist told me to switch from the estrogen and progesterone yaz pill to a pill with only progesterone. My gp said that the only progesterone was not a contraceptive. And was a total LIE. I stayed on the yaz pill with e and p, and was the worst mistake in my life. Specialists will not advise to take Yaz. The hospital stated I could never have Yaz again and to see a specialist to decide on what to take. Note: I've been taking yaz for at least 3years on a off.