Florida Woman Sues Bayer Over Yaz Blood Clots
A Florida woman named Tiffany Littles has filed yet another lawsuit against Bayer amid claims that she suffered from severe and lasting injuries after taking the company’s controversial oral contraceptive Yaz. The woman claims that Yaz is dangerous and shouldn’t be sold without correct warnings about how dangerous the pills are.
It all started in July 2008 after Littles wound up suffering from a bilateral pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which can be deadly if the blood clots break off and reach the heart or lungs. Of her lawsuit, Littles said, "I am bringing this lawsuit so that this traumatic event does not happen to anyone else. I nearly died from taking this medication — the hospital even brought in a priest for me."
In her complaint, Littles' attorney says that she wouldn’t have gotten hurt at all if she was properly warned by Bayer about the dangers of Yaz.
"The FDA's adverse event database for Yaz and Yasmin reveal a very high number of serious adverse events associated with these drugs, including strokes, heart attacks, blood clot formation, and sometimes death," the suit says. "Bayer failed to warn doctors and consumers, we allege, that Yaz and Yasmin pose a greater risk of serious injuries than earlier generation oral contraceptives."
This lawsuit was filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Yaz lawsuits have been filed all across the country after patients have suffered from severe blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, DVT and more. Some patients have even died after taking the drug, even if they were healthy before starting the drug. So many lawsuits have been filed that many have been consolidated into MDL and Bellwether Trials which are slated to begin early next year. The sheer number of lawsuits have many wondering if Yaz, Yasmin and other birth control pills containing drospirenone will be removed from the market.
