The San Francisco Daily Journal has reported on the status of the Yaz litigation. The paper interviewed a number of Yaz lawyers, including Mike Danko. Susan Galinis spoke about her lawsuit:
I’m hoping to get the word out to other women about how dangerous that drug is. . It devastated my whole life.
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The trendy Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills are unlike any others because they contain a new synthetic hormone, drospirenone. Bayer has aggressively marketed the drugs, especially to young 
women, as a cure for everything from acne to pre-menstrual syndrome. Unfortunately, Bayer did not adequately test the drug before bringing it to market, and
I admire clients who find the strength to tell their stories on television. It takes guts. When Susan Galinis said she wanted to do just that, I warned her that it would be difficult and, well, embarassing. She said she didn’t care. If she could persuade just one woman to switch from Yaz to a
Beginning in July 2003, the Food and Drug Adminstration warned Bayer (or more accurately, Bayer’s predecessor, Berlex Laboratories ) that its television commercials for Yasmin were misleading and should be corrected. The FDA warned Bayer again in 2008, and again in 2009. Among Bayer’s more serious violations, accor
ding to the FDA, was that the
Yaz and Yasmin cause blood clots that often begin in the deep veins of the legs. A clot, called a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), can break off and move to the brain, where it causes a stroke. If the clot moves to the lung, it causes a pulmonary embolism. If it moves to
Gallbladder disease includes inflammation and infection (cholecystitis), stones (chollithiasis) or other obstructions or narrowing of the ducts. It appears that Yaz increases the cholesterol level in a woman’s bile while, at the same time, decreasing gallbladder movement. That leads to gallstones which can block and damage ducts, requiring that the gallbladder be removed.
Some women function
Yaz and Yasmin cause blood clots. When a blood clot finds its way to the lungs, the result is a pulmonary embolism. The blood clot cuts off the flow of oxygen and blood to a portion of the lung. A pulmonary embolism can be fatal. In fact, about 15% of all sudden death is attributable to pulmonary embolisms. In some
