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Yaz Birth Control Pills - Articles
FDA Issues Warning on Popular Birth Control Pill
by
Leigh Ann McDonald Woodruff
Posted
Thu 03 Nov 2011 6:17pm
released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These newer birth control pills are marketed under such names as Yaz or Yasmin and increase blood clot risk by almost 74 percent... compared medical records of women taking Yaz with those taking an older birth control pill containing the hormone called levonorgestrel. The women taking pills containing the hormone
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Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone: Possible Increased Risk of Blood Clots
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FDA
Posted
Tue 31 May 2011 2:00pm
include Yaz (generics Gianvi and Loryna), Yasmin (generics Ocella, Syeda, and Zarah), Beyaz, and Safyral.
RECOMMENDATION: If your birth control pill contains drospirenone, do... of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women who use birth control pills that contain drospirenone. The two recently published studies looked at whether there is a higher risk of blood
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In which I rant about birth control pills.
by
Emily and Jenny ..
Posted
Thu 25 Feb 2010 1:58am
Between the two of us, Jenny and I have been on five different kinds of birth control pills in the last year, and all five of them have been horrible. Do you know why? Because BIRTH CONTROL PILLS SUCK.
Until a week ago, I was on Yaz. However, it turns out Yaz has a special kind of hormone that tends to kill women. So call me crazy, but I went
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Birth control pills may mask menopause symptoms
by
Cathy T.

Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:19pm
All women can expect to enter menopause sooner or later, but women taking birth control pills may not notice, at least for a while.
In the meantime, they can expect several benefits from the pill beside avoiding an unwanted pregnancy: They will avoid some of the most conspicuous signs of menopause, such as hot flashes, night sweats
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