Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer BlogAnother generic birth control pill based on Yaz has been approved by the FDA, despite concerns that the pill may increase the risk of blood clots including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, strokes and heart attacks when compared with older birth control pills. Vestura, is manufactured by Watson Pharmaceuticals, containing ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone, a […]
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Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella: Benefits Over Touted?
According to company e-mails, Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, may have tried to market the Yasmin family of birth- control pills for unapproved uses and misled women about the health risks of the drugs. Bayer unit officials discussed promoting the contraceptive known as Yaz, a spinoff of Yasmin, for treatment of all types of premenstrual […]
FDA & YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella Injuries
Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is writing this open letter to the FDA. We are requesting the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to complete its ongoing safety review of Yaz, Yasmin and other birth control pills containing the synthetic progestin, drospirenone, as soon as possible. Watch a tv video interview I did regarding one […]
Dangerous Risks of Yaz Birth Control Side Effects
The steady drum beat of adverse medical reports and deadly side effects about the popular Yaz birth control pill and its variations continue to surface. Again another medical study has found that side effects of Yaz and Yasmin birth control increase the risk of a pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis or stroke blood clot injury, […]
Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella Pulmonary Embolism Lawsuits
As a Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella Pulmonary Embolism attorney and Texas Medical doctor, I am providing this blood clot side effect update. Women taking pills containing the hormone drospirenone were 74 percent more likely to experience clots than those on low- estrogen pills, according to the latest Food and Drug Administration report. There is an […]
Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella: Higher Risk of Blood Clots
As a Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism and Stroke Attorney, we are providing this timely update. Watch the old Yasmin advertisement here. According to a recent population-based study, newer forms of progesterone in contraceptives result in higher venous thromboembolic (VTE) risk than older drugs. According to Ojvind Lidegaard, MD, of Rigshospitalet […]
Yaz Birth Control Coma and Blindness
As a Yaz Birth Control Coma and Blindness Injury attorney and Texas medical doctor I am providing this YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella update. ABC’s chief law and justice correspondent, Chris Cuomo, interviews Carissa Ubersox, a former pediatric nurse who started taking Bayer’s Yaz birth control pills when she wanted to look her best for her […]
FDA Advisory Panel for YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning Monday about an increased risk of blood clots in women taking newer forms of birth control pills, such as Yaz or Yasmin. The FDA did say it “remains concerned” about a potentially higher risk of blood clots in women taking the “fourth generation” pills containing drospirenone, […]
Yaz MDL Court Pushing for Yasmin Lawsuit Settlements
As a Texas medical doctor and YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella Personal Injury attorney, I am providing this litigation update, information and commentary. Judge Herndon overseeing the federal Yaz and Yasmin MDL, has rejected the consolidation of multiple cases during the early bellwether trials. The Court plans for “meaningful” settlement negotiations after the initial trials are […]
Case Specific Discovery in Yasmin and Yaz Litigation
As a Texas medical doctor and Yaz Side Effect Product Liability attorney, I am providing this litigation update regarding the increased discovery that has been allowed in the federal MDL. NON-BELLWETHER CASE-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY. The judge presiding over all federal Yaz lawsuits and Yasmin lawsuits has expanded the scope of discovery in the litigation beyond the […]