Posts Tagged 'Beyaz'

Yasmin among most problematic drugs

The current issue of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ QuarterWatch report lists Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills as the drug with the second-highest number of adverse events reported in connection with lawsuits in 2011.

Quarterwatch says 8,354 Yaz/Yasmin-related cases were reported in 2011. That puts the contraceptive second only to anti-nausea drug Metoclopramide, which was the subject of 11,450 such reports.

The report says Yaz ...

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Drug shows promise as male birth control

A drug developed as a cancer treatment proved to be an effective form of birth control for male mice, according to a Bloomberg report.

Scientists don’t intend to test that particular compound, called JQ1, in humans. But they hope their findings may eventually point the way toward male birth control.

The report quotes James Bradner, the senior author on the study and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, as saying: “These ...

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Federal Yaz/Beyaz cases number more than 10,000

According to the Website for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois, consolidated federal cases related to the Yasmin line of birth control pills now number more than 10,000.

Plaintiffs in the cases are seeking legal redress against pharmaceutical giant Bayer over blood clots from the Yaz/Yasmin contraceptives.

Lawyers suing the company cite FDA reports of at least 50 deaths tied to the pills from 2004 to 2008, claiming ...

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Lawsuit filed in Yaz-related death

The Express-Times reports the story of a woman who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer Corp., claiming the company’s Yaz birth control pills caused a blood clot that killed her daughter last year.

The report says Michelle Pfleger, 18, had been taking Yaz to treat her acne. She was attending her freshman year at Elon University in North Carolina, and had been walking to class one day in September when ...

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Communication tips for stroke-related disorder

Aphasia is a communication impairment that usually occurs as a result of stroke. According to the National Aphasia Association, it affects both the ability to express oneself through speech, gesture, and writing, and to understand the speech, gestures, and writing of others.

Although the condition can result from head injury, brain tumors or other neurological causes, stroke is the most common cause of aphasia.

And the most common cause for stroke is ...

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Doctor warns about vacation-related blood clots

CBS affiliate WWJ out of Detroit interviewed cardiologist Dr. Mazen Shoukfeh, who warned that vacation season brings an increased risk of blood clots.

Shoukfeh said that every year, he sees an annual increase in patients with blood clots in their legs during car travel season at his practice. In one extreme case, he said, a patient suffered deep vein thrombosis – a major blood clot – in the leg on a ...

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