New York, New York, August 21, 2009. Bernstein Liebhard LLP announces updates to its consumer advocacy website, www.ConsumerInjuryLawyers.com, with information about potentially life threatening Yasmin side effects and Yaz side effects. Yaz and Yasmin are popular and widely-used oral contraceptives. Yaz was recently targeted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a prescription drug that is more dangerous and less effective than advertised by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals.
In mid-August, the results of two new studies of oral contraceptives, including Yaz and Yasmin, were released in the British Medical Journal Online. The studies showed that Yaz, Yasmin and the generic form of Yaz, Ocella, caused a six-fold increase in the risk of blood clots, which cause injuries such as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE). Links to the studies can be found on http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/yasmin/lawsuit.html
One of the hormones used in Yasmin is drospirenone, which is a Progestin and known diuretic. Drospirenone works to increase the level of potassium in the oral contraceptive user. This may create the metabolic condition known as hyperkalemia. Potassium is important to the body because it helps regulate, among other things, heart beats. As a result, increased potassium from drospirenone in Yaz and Yasmin can allegedly cause heart arrhythmias, heart attacks and strokes. Because of the impact of potassium, Yaz and Yasmin users may also be at risk of developing gall bladder disease.
Bayer has failed to warn consumers about the risks related to drospirenone in Yaz and Yasmin and, it also has failed to warn women of the collective risks of using Yaz or Yasmin. The FDA has noted that the side effects of Yaz and Yasmin are more dangerous than those of other oral contraceptives. These failures to warn have been the subject of both federal and state Yaz lawsuits and Yasmin lawsuits against Bayer.
If you or a loved one has used Yaz or Yasmin and have suffered from side effects such as a heart attack, stroke, DVT, Pulmonary Embolism or even death, contact one of our Yasmin lawyers today for a free and confidential Yasmin lawsuit evaluation.
About Bernstein Liebhard LLP – www.ConsumerInjuryLawyers.com
Bernstein Liebhard is a nationally recognized law firm located in New York City that exclusively represents injured consumers and shareholders in a variety of individual and class actions. Bernstein Liebhard has been named by the National Law Journal to the Plaintiffs’ Hot List for the past six years—an honor achieved by only one other law firm in the United States. The firm hosts a consumer advocacy website and information portal, which is www.ConsumerInjuryLawyers.com
that contains extensive information about YAZ and Yasmin lawsuits.
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