The parents of a teenage girl who had her gallbladder removed after taking the birth control pill, Yaz, have filed a lawsuit on her behalf.  The complaint accuses Bayer and other defendants of negligence for failing to warn of serious Yaz side effects, including gallbladder disease. The complaint is one of thousands filed by alleged … [Read more...]

A report issued earlier this summer revealed that together, the Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills were named in more lawsuits than almost any other medication marketed in the U.S.  That year, Yaz and Yasmin were named in more than 8,300 complaints, according to the QuarterWatch report issued by the Institute of Safe Medicine … [Read more...]

Lawsuits alleging the Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills caused users to suffer serious injuries ranging from life-threatening blood clots to gallbladder disease continue to be filed by young woman around the country.  Most Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits are being filed in the Yaz and Yasmin multidistrict litigation now underway in U.S. … [Read more...]

Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a serious type of blood clot that forms deep in a vein, most often in the muscles of the leg.  In young women, the occurrence of DVT may be associated with the use of certain types of hormonal contraceptives, including the Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills. Some studies have indicated that Yaz, … [Read more...]

Even as cases are being settled, lawsuits are still being filed in the federal Yaz and Yasmin products liability litigation underway in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.  According to a report from the Madison Record, 76 new Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits have been filed since the beginning of July by plaintiffs who … [Read more...]