Plaintiffs and defendants involved in litigation over Yaz and Yasmin birth control in federal courts have been ordered to preserve all evidence that may be relevant to the cases. The lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. represent women throughout the United States who are pursuing a… Read More
The number of Yaz birth control suits and Yasmin birth control suits filed in federal court could eventually exceed 25,000, including claims by women who suffer serious and potentially life-threatening side effects, such as a stroke, heart attack, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and gallbladder disease.… Read More
According to recommendations by the prominent consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, woman taking birth control pills should avoid Yaz and Yasmin, which have been linked to an increased risk of blood clots, and choose older alternatives with low-estrogen. >>INFORMATION: Yaz and Yasmin Side Effects (more…) Read More
A panel of judges ordered this week that all federal lawsuits over problems with Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills will be consolidated into an MDL, or multidistrict litigation, for pretrial proceedings in the Southern District of Illinois. Many people equate this with a Yaz /… Read More
An article in the New York Times over the weekend highlights the growing problems with Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, which may have caused thousands of otherwise healthy young women to suffer serious and potentially life-threatening injuries, such as heart attacks, strokes, deep vein thrombosis… Read More
Tomorrow, attorneys representing women who have filed a lawsuit over Yaz and Yasmin problems will appear before the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation during hearings to determine whether all cases filed in federal district courts throughout the United States should be consolidated in an… Read More
The FDA released a warning letter this week sent to Bayer Pharmaceuticals over Yaz and Yasmin problems at the drug makers manufacturing plant in Germany. The letter indicates that Bayer hid out-of-specification test results for key ingredients in the birth control pills and said that several… Read More
A study published yesterday in the British Medical Journal suggests that the risk of suffering a Yaz or Yasmin blood clot may be greater than with some other types of birth control pills and 6.3 times greater than taking no form of oral contraceptive. (more…) Read More
UPDATE: Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. is no longer accepting cases for women who suffered a gallbladder injury after using Yaz, Yasmin or another drospirenone-based birth control pill. Potential claims are only being accepted for women who suffered a blood clot injury, such as a pulmonary embolism,… Read More
As is common in complex pharmaceutical claims, where a large number of people file lawsuits against a drug maker with similar allegations that an injury was caused by a side effect of a particular drug, plaintiffs are seeking to consolidate all Yasmin and Yaz birth control… Read More
