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Wendy Moyer
Countless women around the world take "the pill" - oral contraceptives (OC) - in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Although there is inherent risk in taking any birth control pill, some apparently are riskier than others. Virtually all oral contraceptives potentially have the following serious side effects: - Deep vein thrombosis - Gallbladder disease - Heart attack (myocardial infarction) along with additional heart-related problems - High blood pressure (hypertension) - Liver cancer (hepatic neoplasia) - Stroke - Thromboembolism. This is when a blood clot, after travelling through the blood stream, plugs up another blood vessel. Women who take either YAZ or Yasmin may be taking significantly more risks than they are aware of. Not only has the risk from taking either Yaz or Yasmin been reportedly much higher, there are significant side effects that are more specific to Yasmin and Yaz as well. Both Yaz and Yamin are birth control pills that were the first to use drospirenone, a new form of progestin. When combined with ethinyl estradiol (EE) it prevents normal ovulation. In other words, the user's monthly egg release does not occur. Although both are manufactured by Bayer HealthCare, they are different. The primary differences are the amount of ethinyl estradiol in the pills and the time frame within which active pills and placebos are taken within their 28 day cycles. - The Yasmin pill has 39 micrograms of EE while the YAZ birth control pill has 200 micrograms. - The Yasmin pill is taken for 21 consecutive days, followed by placebo pills for 7 days. Active YAZ pills are taken for 24 days, followed by 4 days of placebos. The British Medical Journal Online published two studies on August 14, 2009. Dr. F.R. Rosendaal, one of the leading authorities on oral contraceptives, conducted one study that involved 1,524 women. The second study focused on the entire adult female population of Denmark, the equivalent of 10,400,000 women years. Both studies concluded that women who take combination oral contraceptives that contain drosperinone are 6 to 7 times more likely to suffer a thromboembolism. They found that women have the greatest risk of being the victim of a thrombotic event within their first three months of using these pills. They also found that a number of the claims being touted by Bayer are not provided by these oral contraceptives. Neither Yaz nor Yasmin provides any increased benefit of weight loss. They do not cure acne. And there is no proof that they are effective in treating PMDD - premenstrual dysphoric disorder - or any other similar premenstrual symptom.
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