Posts Tagged 'Ocella'

Study shows promise for predicting heart attacks

Time magazine reports research that may eventually allow medical professionals to predict a heart attack.

The report cites a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, which examines dead blood cells associated with the formation of clots that can block the flow of blood through the heart.

According to the report, the first stages of a heart attack involve the weakening or erosion of blood vessel walls, attracting inflammatory cells that damage other cells lining the inside of the blood vessels. ...

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Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Other Blood Clots

According to the Mayo Clinic, there’s a wide range of severity when it comes to blood clots.

They can actually be beneficial when they occur in response to an injury or a cut, and prevent bleeding. On the opposite extreme are the potentially fatal clots that show up in locations such as the lungs and the brain.

Superficial phlebitis occurs when blood clots form inside small veins near the surface of the skin. True to its name, the condition isn’t generally serious ...

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Nonprofit says safer alternatives to Beyaz, Yaz available

Are the birth control pills Beyaz and Yaz dangerous? That’s a tricky question, according to the National Research Center for Women and Families.

An article by three staffers at the center, including two PhDs, makes the point that a relatively low number of women taking the oral contraceptives containing the synthetic hormone drospirenone – which include Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Beyaz – suffer a potentially fatal blood clot as a result.

The issue, according to the Center, is that less dangerous and less ...

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What are the side effects of Beyaz?

Before taking Beyaz, or any drug, it is important to understand the potential side effects. Fortunately, most common Beyaz side-effects are quite rare. For example, according to the label, the most common adverse reactions include headaches, menstrual irregularities, nausea/vomiting, irritability, decreased libido, and increased weight.

Other less common, but more serious Beyaz side-effects listed on the label include:

  • Hyperkalemia, characterized by high levels of potassium in the blood and associated with kidney failure.
  • Liver disease.
  • High blood pressure, particularly among older women and long-time ...
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Beyaz on list of libido-inhibiting drugs

AdverseEvents, Inc., has listed oral contraceptive Beyaz as one of the drugs most related to loss of libido.

Beyaz shares the list with drugs for prostate problems, anti-depressants, and even the hair loss medication Propecia.

AdverseEvents, Inc. – which collates information from the federal Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System database – compiled a list of FDA approved medications most associated with causing brain-related side effects in recognition of Brain Awareness Week (March 12-18).

Other reported side effects from Beyaz ...

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Yaz maker Bayer criticized over “price gouging”

International health advocates are criticizing Bayer after the German pharmaceutical giant announced it may contest a decision that could make life-saving medication available to cancer patients in the developing world.

In a landmark case, the Indian Patent Office issued a compulsory license in India to a generic drug manufacturer, effectively ending Bayer’s monopoly on a drug used to treat kidney and liver cancer.

According to international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, competition from the generic version will bring the price of the ...

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