Yaz Stroke Lawsuit Filed in Los Angeles
On November 4 of this year, another Yaz lawsuit was filed against Bayer over a common adverse side effect that has long been linked to the controversial oral contraceptive. While blood clots and gallbladder disease have been the primary focus of many different Yaz lawsuits recently, this lawsuit focuses on strokes.
Karyn Galindo filed her November 4 lawsuit in the Superior Court in Los Angeles County amid claims that Bayer didn’t properly warn her that Yaz could cause her to suffer from a stroke. Galindo’s lawsuit specifically asks for “general and special damages, and compensation for loss of income and medical bills, both past and future.”
Strokes caused by Yaz and other contraceptives containing drospirenone are one of the more serious side effects linked to the pills, and generally are caused by another of the side effects, blood clots. Strokes occur when the blood clots reach the brain, which cuts off the brain’s oxygen supply, making the brain cells get damaged and die. Symptoms of a stroke are generally easy to see and they include a huge, sudden headache, changes in the senses and loss of balance, memory and speech.
Strokes are often fatal when not treated promptly, which is more likely in young women that are generally healthy since they often attribute stroke symptom with something less perilous. Other potentially fatal side effects linked to Yaz include the previously-mentioned blood clots, heart attacks and gallbladder disease. These side effects have caused thousands of Yaz lawsuits to be filed against Bayer, the makers of the pills. The side effects have also forced the FDA to host a meeting of an advisory committee to discuss the perils of the pills on December 8 of this year.
Contact a doctor immediately if you have experienced any of the above mentioned symptoms.
