well…i just had a baby 2mths ago n decided that id start back my BC …so i decided to take yaz only because ive heard great things about it…i used to take yasmin before i got pregnant but my last set i took before i stopped it i discovered that i had a lump on my right breast,..i dont know if the cause of the lump was the yasmin. i already bought the yaz just haven’t started it yet,im waiting for my next period to start it..but now im unsure and uncertain and very worried about the risks….should i take it? i don’t know……somebody out there please give me the best advice..let me know wat to do!!

I am 26 years old and this pill has put me through an absolute physical nightmare. The first year on the pill I felt fine and it helped my skin become really clear. Then, about a year in, I started noticing subtle changes – I was exhausted, moodier, etc. After about 2 years, I started having very severe stomach problems. I missed a month of work, was in horrible pain, had countless tests, only to find out “nothing was wrong”. After going off of the pill, most of my stomach problems stopped, however, going through the withdrawal of YAZ is a nightmare that I am still dealing with 3 months later. I have spent thousands of dollars working with a naturopathic doctor who is helping me get over the symptoms. I would advise everyone to GET OFF this pill or never go on it.

i had been on yasmin for about a year for acne control..it was ok at first, it controlled my acne….so i was happy…. but i started having sudden difficulty breathing but also disappears immediately so i dont really pay much attention to it..what i really noticed was i had frequent headaches and i am so dry and literally have no sex drive…it would hurt when having sex due to severe dryness..that i would even make excuses to my fiancee not to do it…. i had to stop using yasmin when i went to US on Jan 2010 bec i have no prescription to be able to buy it…but what happened to me was very depressing to me… i started having hot flushes frequently..and had severe acne breakouts all over my head, face, chest, and back…i never had this case of acne problem before..if i would have pimples it would on only be max of 4 medium sized pimples that would easily go away with topical creams…but now it just keeps on coming out! also during my last period on may 31 2010, i suddenly felt severe headache and was nauseated…the first day of my period very little came out but on th 2nd day it seems like all blood coming out of me with big blood clots… during the time im off with yasmin i also had patellar tendon estentopathy w/c is a kind of tendinitis..there was a time that i couldnt even stand up from too much pain on my knees…i was on naproxene for 2 wks w/c made me gain a lot of weight bec you have to eat a fuul meal when taking the med or you will get GI problems..my ortho doc mentioned in passing that this may be caused by hormonal imbalance… the only good thing that happened when i was off yasmin was my sex drive came back.. now looking back, i realized that it was the pill YASMIN!!! IT MUST BE THE CAUSE OF ALL MY PROBLEMS BEC I WAS OK BEFORE TAKING THIS PILL! but now i feel that I am helpless…my new OBGYNE told me that i need t be back on pills to control my hormonal imbalance…yo control the acne breakouts and all the other things i felt when off the pill..she initially prescribed YASMIN! Since i had a gut feeling that it caused everything i asked for another pill and she prescribed LUTERA…but i dont know anymore what to take or if i should even take pills!..my ortho doc said that there is no guarantee that my knee problem will disappear..it may but it may also come back… MY KNEES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN, I HAVE LOW SELF CONFIDENCE BEC OF THE ACNE…I FEEL SICK WHEN I HAVE MY PERIOD..BEEN HAVING A LOT OF HOT FLUSHES..AND MY VISION NOW STARTS BLURRING…. IF I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME I SHOULD HAVE NOT TAKEN YASMIN IN THE FIRST PLACE…. TAKING IT AGAIN MAY CAUSE MY LIFE ….BUT NOT TAKING PILLS WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT..BEC NOW I FEEL DEPRESSED, EMBARRASED, AND HAVE VERY LOW SELF-ESTEEM…I AM NOT FUNCTIONING WELL ANYMORE AND MY WORK, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND MY FIANCEE, AND MY WHOLE LIFE IS AFFECTED!!!!!!! I FEEL THAT I HAVE NO WAY OUT! ITS LIKE CHOOSING TO DIE IF I TAKE THE PILL OR TO LIVE WIITH SHAME, PAIN, AND DEPRESSION IF I WILL NOT TAKE IT…. I HOPE SOMEONE WOULD HELP US…SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEING SO IRRESPONSIBLE IN ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS PILL WITH ALL THE DANGER THAT COMES WITH IT…

I have been taking Ocella for about 4 months already and i havent felt any side effects but recently i went with a different doctor to get my prescription and he said that he didnt recommend this brand. He told me that it was causing many deaths and that it will be taken off the market so he couldnt prescribe it anymore. My concern now is big because now I am scared to continue ocella and after this month i have to start a new one and i am kind of scared because i do not know if the new one is a good one or not. I trust the doctors to give me the right one and if i am told its being taken off the market becuase since it came out it has been causing deaths the why are they still being prescribed. Now i am gonna start taking Loestrin24Fe can anybody tell me if you have heard anyhting about this pill (birth control)?

I have been taking YASMIN for bout month an half, I work a stressful job and very hard job. I am active at my job, since starting this bcp I have had dizzy spells, tired and hard time breathing. I was given this by my OBGY and had asked about these side effects and informed them that I had received them in my email, he said no worries I will be fine. Will I? I think common sense is to stop which I will and as well I hadn’t had a YEAST INFECTION for over 8 yrs and I had gotten one and still hasn’t gone away. I am stopping these bcp’s so I have no further problems I have five children I need to be healthy for and be here for……………..

I just started the YAZ pill on monday and it’s the first pill I’ve taken in years due to history of over emotional sideaffects. I thought that I had heard about a recall on it and was surprised when it was given to me by my OBG. it’s been 4 days and I’ve noticed a heavy breathing pain in my chest and I have broken out around my mouth (never had acne ever!), I also may be spotting a bit. I am a heavy smoker too which scares me more but if this pill can cause these affects in only 4 days that’s something powerful and not worth the expiremental 1st month

I have been on YAZ for four years to regulate my periods. Out of the blue last month I started bleeding real bad, heavy, with black dark red blood clots. I’m also on my third period this month with the same problem. Last night I had a headace soo bad that I couldn’t hold my head up. I just passed out. I’m going to the doctor next week to have these out of the blue signs checked out. I I had a miscarrige back in 07 and the bleeding is that bad also I’ve been very light headed, and dizzy for the past two months my legs have been going numb a lot and I’m having a hard time breathing latly. Reading all of this scares me dearly. I’m not on any other meds and never had any of these problems before. I have another bad headace tonight. I hope I’m okay and YAZ could be the only reason bc I also have no family history. My husband and family are freaking out bc they know about all of these out of the blue problems.

I have only been taking Yaz for 16 days and for the past 8 I have felt like I need to vomit constantly. Around days 9 and 10 I was very emotional and would cry at the drop of hat. I still am more emotional than normal. I thought that the sick to my stomach feeling was just my body adjusting to the hormones so I googled Yaz and I found all these postings. I am going to finish this pack and switch back to my previous method which is NuvaRing.

I’ve been on Yazmin for 4-5 years and never had any side effects except for maybe a little weight gain. I’ve tried maybe 6-7 pills in my life, and most of them made me gain a lot of weight, excessively nauseous, and moody as all can be. The benefits of Yazmin were great. My menstrual cramps were way less severe, my skin was acne free, and my excessive hair growth stopped while I was on Yazmin. Also, the pill did not alter my mood. My insurance company does not cover Yazmin now so I had to try another pill this month since Yazmin is 53$ a month, and now i’m having a lot of bloating, nausea, and and spotting on this new pill.

OMG this is crazy hearing these stories my doctor just put me on this birth control and I was suppose to start my first one sunday iam scared I cannot why would a doctor put people . On this oh no i will not take this pill you can die off this

well I had my second son in 2006, as soon as I could I went on birth control. While I am on YAZ and all other oral contrceptives I get headaches, so my doc said that this would be better. I had no problems, but in 2009 I had my gall bladder removed. I never had stomach problems before, and I was only on it for 6 months or less. I was curios is Yaz responsible for my problem?????

I have been dealing with the effects of Yasmin for 1.5 years now. Started experiencing persistent nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain, fatigue, diarrhea, fever/chills, etc. After too many tests, sick leave from work, 2 gastroenterologists who chalked it up to IBS, I changed family doctors and was assessed with gallbladder disease. 3 weeks have passed since my surgery and the abdominal pain is gone, but the persistent nausea and flushing are still present. I was a healthy young woman until I started taking Yasmin. While I was only on it for 1 year, I know it has directly caused my health issues. I am on long-term disability and am hoping to recover my health in the months ahead. It is important to find a doctor who won’t dismiss that Yasmin is the cause, and who will stay curious until your health has recovered. I read the warning signs and have never had a poor experience with birth control. My health has completely deteriorated by using this drug, and it has wrecked my body’s functioning. My heart and prayers go out to those who are dealing with health struggles related to this medication. I am joining a class action lawsuit because I am concerned about the long-term effects of this drug on my health and my ability to earn a living. I would love to hear any stories about people who have recovered their health after a long illness due to this drug.

It just blows my mind to read all of these horrific stories. I am 36 on YAZ for 2 yrs and was just diagnosed with having multiple gallstones and need to have my gallbladder removed. I was told 8 months ago by the ER quack that I was merely having panic attacks/anxiety. So here I am thinking i am having panic attacks and or anxiety when my gallbladder is completely infected with gallstones and has been for some time now. Besides the gallbladder I was told that I need to have my liver looked at due to AST & ALT levels are too high. Chalk it up to one more thing I have to deal with “THANX TO YAZ”. My husband pretty much thought i had become a hypochondriac. I was always complaining about something not feeling right or not feeling good. It was unlike me to be so tired and grumpy all the time. Now I know why, and it’s a relief to know I’m not losing my mind or becoming that hypochondriac. The pain I feel and experience on a daily basis is from those crappy little expensive pills. Thank You to my friend who told me to read up on the YAZ. She may have inadvertently saved my life..

I am correcting myslef on saying i do now blame yaz for my depression i ment to say (I DO NOT BLAME YAZ FOR MY DEPRESSION)

I am 17 years old and i started talking yaz birth control when i was 14 years old. I stopped it when i was 16 because our insurence did not cover it anymore. I had no problems when i took it between 14 and 16, yes i suffer from anxiety and depression and i have had anxiety attacks and struggles because of that. I do now blame yaz for my depression or anxiety because there is a history of it in my family and there were many other things going on in my life that were the cause of my depression. I have tried many other birth controls and none of them have been good they all make me sick and feel horrible i cant take them for more than a week. So i started yaz again because my insurence covers it again. I started it fully knowing all of the potential problems and warnings that were out. I have been on it again for about a month i ahd no problems in the past and none yet. Yes i am scared but how do we all know for sure that this is coming from this pill ?? … These doctors are giving them out to people and then when they get sick going back and saying that its the culprit of there sickness. Well why are they giving them out in the first place if they know they are causing seriouse problems. Are we jus one big science experiment? …… I have horrible anxiety about taking pills and i don think anyone should say anything about the pill unless they know 150 percent it is the cause of there problems cause your worrying people and causing those with anxiety worse anxiety. I feel bad for those who are hurt though and i am completey healthy and i guess we’ll see if anything happens to me …. i can only pray to god to keep me healthy and strong unless i decide to go off this pill and try another. Which i am not too willing cuz ive tried so many and it jus keeps messing with my period and its not good for you to go on and off so much

im really freaking out now. ive seen the commercials for this on tv but i never realized how many people this has happened to & the severity. me & my bestfriend both took yaz for about 9 months. she started having what her doctor told her were panic attacks & she had never had any issues before. she stopped taking the bc but the symptoms continued. sometimes it gets so bad she said there is numbness & like a burning in her head & she feels shes gonna pass out. when i took yaz they also said i was having panic attacks but i really worried about anything, they would just come out of nowhere and they still do. like i feel like i cant catch my breath from doing lil things like making the bed. im 18 years old. & everytime ive had my pulse takin since then it has no lower than 117 at the most 132. i also get lightheaded all the time and dizzy. this went on for a few months and then i started vomiting really bad like at least once a month & it would last for a week at a time & i could not hold anything down, not even water. i had to go to the ER numerous times because of this, it made me miss so much school where eventually i was so far behind i quit. & a few weeks after the first time i got sick i was extremly tired & weak, i would sweat at night, & i had severe mood swings & anger. they did tons of test to see what was wrong & couldnt find out. they put me through an MRI to find out i had multiple cyst on my neck. they never told me why i was so weak & tired…im terrified after reading this. there is so many things that has been happening to me & i had no idea why but now reading this it all makes sense. im still tired all the time no matter how much sleep i get & also from being sick so much i lost 20 pounds and now people think im on drugs or i have an eating disorder & it drives me crazy! & to the comment above me, NO, DO NOT TAKE THIS BC!!!

I had been on yaz for a year and had to have an emergancy extracton of my gall bladder. i had contacted the lawyers from the commercial and they are taking this very seriously. if you have had a problem with this drug, theyll help you do something about it. lets get it off the market before more women you and old have to suffer too.

i have been on yaz for 2 years now and i didnt start feeling anything until recently. i have been getting sick and stomach pains and eally high blood pressure

I’ve been on Yasmine for 2 years. Thank you to all of your comments, I have made the decision to stop taking it. Last summer I thought I had a stroke, and after MRI’s and numerous dr apts I was irritated that no one could pin down what the problem was. I told every dr that I was on Yasmine, hoping one of them would say “OH well thats an issue” but they didn’t so I continued to take it. Now, I’m dealing wth the headaches again and tingling in my hands and calf(legs), weight gain over this past year, pain in my chest, abs. I started taking Yasmine because my period were so heavy…I love it for all the positive things it does for me, but I have a daughter and husband that need me more. I do hope that Bayer will take this product off the market until it can prove it is safe.

I only started taking Yaz in January 2010. I am having terrible side effects: Mood swings, depression, insomina (hence me writing this at 4:30AM), cramping, and confusion. This pill needs to be taken off the market! It’s not fair that so many women are suffering.

my doctor just put me on yaz today is it really that bad should i really be taking it

Where to begin. Yaz has put a halt to my otherwise healthy 17 year old daughters life. She has been to countless specialists and doctors for symptoms ranging from left calf swelling with pain and numbness. She has also had vision problems, dizziness, and heart palpataions. High pulse has been a problem too. None of her problems started until she had been on Yaz for about 18 months or so. I took her off of Yaz when she had some of these problems 6 months ago. The symptoms pretty much disappeared. Doctors assured us it was fine, and they tested all the levels such as potassium. They said it must of been something else causing her problems. After trying other BC, she went back on Yaz thinking she would lose the weight she had put on from the others, and thinking maybe it was a fluke and the doctors were right. Within 2 months, all symptoms are back. We are heading to a hospital tomorrow because her symptoms are so severe, doctors here cannot figure out what is wrong. She has missed so much school and work, and has no social life anymore. The pain and swelling in her leg is daily and her vision is so off, she’s afraid to drive. She just got prescribed an anxiety med because this has really depressed her. I”M DONE. No more Yaz. She went off of it 2 nights ago, and guess what??? No swelling, pain, or numbness. Not one panic attack from the symptoms upsetting her. She’s only taken the anxiety med once, and can’t foresee her needing the hospital or meds now that she’s off of it. For those of you who say it’s not Yaz, we have went off of it twice, and both times, her symptoms disappeared.

Wow. It’s unbelievable how many horror stories there are! I was very recently put on Yaz after having mood swings and crazy hormones, and I IMMEDIATELY started having problems. I got a blinding headache one night and my husband had to help me to bed. It came from out of no where. Then came the worst yeast infection of my life. I am still having problems and no amount of prescription meds from the doctor are giving me any relief. I stopped taking Yaz 2 days ago and am FINALLY starting to feel a little better. I feel lucky I had problems early and not after something awful happened. Good luck to all you ladies out there. I think I’m going to stop taking birth control altogether for a while.

I’m 20 years old, and I was on yaz/yasmin for a little over three years. Because of this pill I have developed focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver. I now have to live with a walnut sized mass on my liver for the rest of my life, and the uncomfortable pain that comes with it. This drug needs to be taken off the market so that no other woman has to deal with the horrible effects this pill can cause!

My daughter is 16 years old had a rough last year. She is a well respected high school and club soccer player and considered a play maker in games. Her endurance went from playing the whole game to a max of about ten minutes per half. We were puzzled! The coach stopped playing her because she couldn’t catch her breath. We went multiple times to Kaiser to try and figure what was causing her breathing problems. Kaiser diagnosed her with asthma and gave a breathing inhaler with Buterol. We thought this was her problem. In a game after that, she couldn’t catch her breath during the game and we almost called 911 for her. A nurse at the game calmed her down and she was able to slowly get her breath back. She sat out the rest of that game and from that day on, the coach would only play her about 5 minutes per half. The breathing inhaler did nothing for her breathing problem. We kept telling her she wasn’t getting the inhaler deep enough in her lungs and she needed to breath deeper. She was so desperate to want to play, she was taking the inhaler way too much and doubling the doses, but nothing changed. Kaiser couldn’t figure it out and sent us to City of Hope to a specialist. They said nothing was wrong with her too, but she still couldn’t breathe more than about ten minutes of hard play. It wasn’t till my wife saw a clip on the news about Yaz birth control causing problems in young women. The clip didn’t say anything about respiratory problems, but we suspected it might be. My daughter started taking Yaz at Kaiser’s recommendation because she was constantly bleeding and they said Yaz would cause regularity for her. We went back to Kaiser after seeing this and asked could this be causing her breathing problems? They didn’t think so and said we could try another brand if we wanted. We decided to stop taking birth control all together and try to rule things out on our own without the doctors. It took a while for the Yaz to leave her body and start seeing any results. We now believe that Yaz was causing her breathing problems and she is slowly getting back to her normal health again. Her speed is coming back and her endurance is getting better too! She now is running track and is the fastest sprinter in the 100 yard dash. We’ll see if the soccer coach can get over this past season next year? The good news is she is getting back to her self with no apparent permanent damage. Her speed is back and her endurance is getting better and better. Be careful and watch your body for symptoms or changes if you are taking YAZ. If you read some of the stories on the internet, we could have ruined her health for ever and not even realized we were doing it to her! Scary when you think about it……..Dad

My 20 year old daughter went to the emergency room this evening and they determined she had a TIA (mini-stroke). She is very healthy, doesn’t smoke and socially drinks and is in great shape. She has been taking Yaz for about a year and a half. They told her to get off of YAZ.

Having been on Marvelon for many years with no side effects at all, I developed extremely violent migraines that would require hospitalization & IV narcotics once a month. My doctor determined they were hormone related, normal (to some extent – not the pain though) & switched me to Yaz for a shorter period (as I have estrogen issues & my body was experiencing withdrawals the week of my period). I was on Yaz for 3 months. While I didn’t have a migraine while on Yaz (due to the 4 day period), the side effects started almost overnight. My breasts swelled up around 2 cup sizes, and I put on about 10lbs in about 2 weeks (despite no changes to diet or lifestyle). I started experiencing severe nightmares (if I could sleep at all), and started breaking out – which never even happened when I was a teenager. My hair started falling out in clumps, I was a nervous wreck & became overly sensitive & emotional. I also became severely depressed & suicidal. Everyone is different, and responds differently to medication. But people have to know of the risks, and be aware of the side effects. The 3 months I was on Yaz were awful, but after reading the posts on this page, I think I’m lucky that I was only on it for 3 months!

I took Yasmin birth control for about a year in Guatemala when the prescription I had from the US for Aviane ran out. In fall of 2006 I had a very unexpected kidney stone at the age of 27. the doctor had no idea what could have caused it. Getting health insurance since then has become more difficult.

I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism after undergoing many different blood tests, spending two weeks in hospital and undergoing 3 different surgeries of which the last one was very truamatic because I had to undergo a Thoracotomy which is a huge operation whereby they cut a piece of your lung and send that away to test if you have lunch cancer. All these test came back negative with no cancer but in the end after the 5th Specialist I sawe they diagnosed me with Pulmonary Embolism and I am on Warfarin for life. I was on Yasmin for 5 years and it really messed up my lungs. I have several blood clots all over both my lungs and ended up in hospital after having sever chest pains and also first being sent away after receiving a morhpine injection and there after I was given more pain tablets and told I had inflammation in my chest muscles. It was truly a nightmare and for almost two months I face the fear of having lunch cancer because this is what most of the doctors thought it was. I never knew Yasmin cuased all these problems until reading all these articles now. I was diagnosed with Pulmonary embolism June 2009. This conctraceptive should be taken off the market right away if this is causing so many deaths in women and such serious illnesses. I was 31 when I was diagnosed and now 32 and still feel slight chest pains even though I have been taken off Yasmin December 2008. I go for bloodtests every 2nd week to check my INR levels and never really understood how dangerous this condtion is and how serious taking Warfarin is and how closely you need to be monitored.

I can hardly believe what I’m reading. I thought I was alone in the symptoms I experienced. I saw a TV commercial about Yasmin’s effects and thought I should look up what people where saying about it. I didn’t expect to see so many people with the same less deadly symptoms I had. I took Yasmin from 2005 until 2009. It was prescribed to me for PCOS, and I was told it was the new wonder drug for people like me. At first it was fine, but then I started having the worst PMS of my life. I had never had PMS on any other pill I had taken. I asked to be taken off Yasmin and my doctors said it was the best pill to be on and that I should continue to take it. My mood just worsened. I had severe mood swings and would start crying for no reason. I’ve never been an overly emotional person in my life, but all of a sudden I would just burst out in tears. I would cry all day at work hoping no one would come into my office. I would cry all night and couldn’t sleep. I thought I was going crazy. I felt so out of control. My hair started falling out, I had no sex drive, and I started having terrible memory loss. Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore, and I had a phone appointment with my doctor. I cried while on the phone with her and I listed all the symptoms I was having. She told me she wanted to put me on an antidepressant, but I said no, I wanted off Yasmin. Finally, she told me that she had other patients who had also complained about mood swings and personality changes while one Yasmin. I changed my pills and all of a sudden all of my problems went away. I felt pretty much back to normal.

I have been on Yaz for about 1.5 years and up until this last month I had not been having any issues. This past month I got my period two weeks into the pack, I have had really bad headaches, chest pain, and for as long as I can remember I have had to go to the bathroom very frequently. I contacted my doctor about the break through bleeding and she switched me to Yazmin in hopes of getting it to stop, but it has not helped. Until reading these posts I had not thought that my chest pain and headaches were at all related. I just assumed they were from stress or something like that. I didn’t want to be a hyper-condriac, but now I am starting to think they are related symptoms. My chest constantly feels like it is being squeezed. I have also experienced the decrease in sex drive and at times my vision gets blurred. I am going to contact my doctor tomorrow now that I know other people are experiencing the same issues.

I have a history of depression that was well managed except for severe episodes around my period, so I took yaz. I just wanted to stop missing two or three days of classes every month. After four days of being on yaz I realized I was so depressed that I couldn’t leave my dorm room and was more suicidal than I had EVER been before. I stopped taking yaz. I then proceeded to have three periods in one month with all the accompanying depression. I ended up failing most of my classes and returning home to have my medication adjusted etc. I am so glad that I stopped taking yaz after four days. I’d hate to think what would have happened if I had taken it longer. This was over a year ago and I am still dealing with the psychological ramifications of FOUR DAYS on yaz. I did not ask my school doctor about yaz specifically, but was excited about it when she prescribed it because of all those commercials that said it could help with period related mood issues. Well, now I guess I just have to be thankful that I only took it for four days. My mom says that she told me to stop, I don’t really remember – its all a blur.

Wow……reading all these stories is heartbreaking for me. I myself used to use yaz off and on. I used to suffer from shortness of breath on a regular basis, till I thought it was the norm to always be breathing in a paperbag! I decided to come off the yaz pill because I wanted one more baby and I was symptom free for three years of not being on yaz. After hearing all the horrible stories of yaz, even the recall which the whole world knew about, I decided that I would not EVER go back on yaz, so I tried a low dose Tri-regol, after one month of using I was sitting at my computer one late night and BAMN I couldn’t breathe again, after three years of not being on anything, different pill but same problem……..I thought I was going to die……..I will never take anymore contraceptives, they’re NOT WORTH IT!

I have been taking YAZMIN & YAZ for at least 7 years now. My doctor has been prescribing the pill to be taken continuously; taking an active pill every day of the month to manipulate my cycle. A week ago I started having severe stabbing chest pains. I ended up in the ER with PULMONARY EMBOLISM; several blood clots in my lungs. I was hospitalized until my blood was thin enough to be released. I am now on Coumadin. I am having to get my INR levels checked weekly. My last check indicated the levels are too high; now putting me at risk for internal bleeding. I still have some pain and am dealing with headaches too. I worry constantly about what is happening inside my body with every pain I have. For those of you that are indicating that you love YAZ; a word of advice, I thought I did too. After several years though I find out it could have killed me. I had no way of knowing because my doctor wasn’t doing blood tests before each prescription written. I would suggest you have your doctor do blood tests before and during the time you take YAZ.

Over the last year, I have had an increasing number of yeast infections which I thought were due to an extended course of antibiotics. A year ago, my doctor switched me to Ocella, the generic of Yaz/Yasmin, for moderate acne. After having as many as three yeast infections a month with little relief, another doctor noticed significant thinning of my vaginal wall and decided to prescribe me Premarin (I’m 24). The infections decreased in frequency, but the side effects from the Premarin were uncomfortable as well. After going to see a specialist, she informed me that I did not have a yeast infection during my visit. Which meant I was getting a new infection each month. After extreme frustration, I have decided that it is my birth control. I am young and otherwise healthy with no clear reason for monthy yeast infections. I use no scented products and am very careful to never introduce any lotions of any kind to that area of my body. The “rare” side effects of Ocella include severe inflammation of the vagina and severe yeast infections. I wish my doctors had taken more time to consider my question of “could this be my birth control?”. I was naive enough to think if it’s a rare side effect then it won’t happen to me.

I was taking Yaz for about 6 months because it was prescribed to me for my PMDD and i immediately became depressed, tired all the time, mood swings, I felt suicidal, I cried all the time and had increased anxiety big time. I would not recommend this birth control EVER!!

Laura…. I’ve been off of the pill since last August. And I know exactly what you mean. I’m experiencing a lot of the same thing and I’ve been with my boyfriend for about the same amount of time and he’s getting really tired of me being like this. He knows this isn’t me…

i have been taking yaz for over 4 yrs without any side effects whatsoever! I also know that the pamphlet that comes w/ the Yaz states that it may increase the risk for the mentioned side effects, including DVT, PE,stroke,heart attack,etc.My gynecologist also made me aware of these side effects before i started taking Yaz. I also believe that most birth control pills/patches come with similar warnings/side effects. So, while I sympathize w/ those who have suffered from side effects, I do not believe that yaz failed to warn of these possible side effects and it was my choice, as well as yours, to make an educated decision to take this birth control despite the serious risks! I also believe that it does depend on the person as well as their lifestyle choices such as smoking/drinking, etc., as well as pre-existing medical conditions. For me, yaz has been great! And both of my sister’s who have taken yaz had no issues!

OMG.. This is crazy, i was lying in bed last night watching TV and i saw a lawyer ad about the fatal side affects of Yaz and Yasmin, and so i decided to google it, and now i am horrified after reading all these stories, i have been on Yasmin for about 7 months now, and have had major moods swings, and i also have been getting cysts that i have never had before, also i have been diagnosed with panic disorder, i have never had this before taking Yasmin. I am going to stop taking this pill, and hope that no other heath issues arise due to this terrible pill.

Ok! So I know there is a million posts on here, but ive been frustrated. So here it goes… My friend works in an physical rehabilitation center, and told me how a few weeks ago a new patient arrived in her facility. This women was 21 years of age, and became hospitalized from bloodclots consuming her whole body. It turned out that she has coded or died longer than 5 minutes, and was brought back by an EMT squad, and now remains in a vegitated state for the rest of her life. This was all because of YAZ. This brith control should be illegal not only in the United States but in every country. If we can’t trust BAYER to make a birth control that does not create DEATH, then why should we even trust there other products? Could those products like Asprin be causeing death too? Who knows for sure, because obviously we can’t trust them. If you can’t trust the producer then why be the consumer. Help get this DRUG off the market, so we aren’t dieing for a curupt business. This false advertisement should be illegal, and I don’t understand why the FDA hasn’t black marketed it yet. Tell me if we can’t trust our producers then why should we trust the FDA. If the FDA cared they would take it off the market and save some lives. It’s all about the money the producers do not care about the consumers, they just want your hard earned money.

I was taking Ortho .0/35 for 8 years (since the age of 18) when the clinic I was going to decided to stop carrying these pills because of their lack of popularity at this specific clinic. I had no issues with these pills, they were great, however, because it was convenient to continue going to this clinic I had asked my doctor for another prescription that would be the same as the pills I was taking. He convinced me that tricyclen-lo would be fine so I took that for 6months and was incredibly moody the entire time….so again I went to the family doctor to ask for my old prescription back….He told me that since ortho 0.5/35 pills had been around for such a long time they were outdated and I should try something new. So he prescribed me Yaz….and thank god he only gave me 3 months worth!!! after about a month I noticed I was having little attacks (which I thought may be anxiety) I would get sharp pains in my chest followed by a heaviness and difficulty breathing..on a couple occassions I had more severe attacks with cold sweats and uncontrollable shaking… last week at work I had an attack so scary I called my husband to take me from work and bring me to the hospital…after an ecg and some bloodwork the only conclusion the hospital could come up with is that I have acid reflux (if I keep having attacks though I am going to have it looked into further)…but after reading all these symptoms that have caused more serious health problems in so many others I have decided to stop taking Yaz and go back to my tried and true Ortho 0.5/35 I really hope Bayer is forced to stop selling these pills….I did not feel right the entire 3 months I took them and cannot imagine what could have happened if I continued taking them.

I hate yaz! My doctor gave it to me…why would a doctor give out yaz birthcontrol when its all over the internet talking bout killing people

After deciding to discontiunue use of the Depo which I was on for 12 years on and off,I had been taking the Yaz pill for approximately 3 weeks and within that time frame I was rushed to the emergency room by ambulance.I woke up one morning feeling anxious, I was feeling chest pain and couldnt breath. Thats when the doctors diagnosed me with PE (Pulmonary Embolism). They immediately admitted me in ICU where I remained for 2 weeks. I lost a job, and apartment due to this pill. I was later seen by lung specialist and hemotologists to confirm that the condition was not hereditary. I’ve never smoked so that couldnt have been the problem.I was on warfarin for about 6 months and lovenox for 1 month.All of this happened in August 2008 and since then I’ve been found to have gallstones which is also relevant to the pill. I was blessed to have survived this detrimental incident.It has some long term side effects that people may not see NOW but will in the future. I would’nt recommend this pill for anyone! Now I cant take any birthcontrol that has hormones in it due to the fact that it will increase my chances of clotting again which could lead to numerous of things such as stroke,heart attack, or death! This pill has really changed my life.

I took Yaz for a 6 month period. I stopped taking it because blood clots were discovered in my leg and I now have thrombophlibitis. Ive had to have my main vein closed from my thigh area all the way down to my ankle.,and I have not felt the same since. I still get clots where the blood cant flow causing me pain. Ive had numerous ultrasounds, doctor and hospital visits because of this. I highly recommend anyone taking this birth control stop immediately. I was a healthy, non smoking, active female with excellent health records prior to using Yaz.

I had my son Dec 14 2007 started taking YAZ right away. When my son was about 3-4 Months i started getting sever pain in my stomach that would go threw to my back. It would always happen couple hours after eating most of the time it would happen in the middle of the night. I had to be taken to the Hosp aleast about 5 times did all the test they could and still dont know what it is yet i am going to doctors in morning to do more test i just found out about this whole YAZ thing so now i have to let my doctor know that i was taking that ……..PAIN just happen last night and the night before I just want this to be over with and remove it

I gave up men and switched to women. Problem solved.

I started taking yaz after tricyclen lo was making me miserable and haven’t suffered any bad side effects, in fact, my sex drive went back to normal and my hormones in general are stable and just as they were before starting birth control. If it isnt working for you…. CHANGE it. Don’t make others miserable with your problems. Misery loves company though.

I was hospitalized for almost two weeks last August (2009) and it was the most miserable experience I have had. I was 17 and in good health and was diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolisms (blood clots in my lungs) caused by Yaz birth control. I do not smoke, and although I do have asthma, and been on thyroid meds for 5 years, I am very sure that the b/c put me in the hospital. I have just been taken off of my coumadin, but this is now a lifelong problem for me. I will have to be put back onto blood thinners for any types of surgeries, pregnancies, or if I end up getting a clot later on. I also will not be able to be on any type of hormonal birth control EVER. So if anyone is reading this, and considering taking Yaz, DON’T. I suggest taking a medication that has been around for 10 years or longer, and that is specifically for birth control, not for any other type of problem (i.e acne)

i was perscribed yaz when i wanted to get off the shot because i wanted to have a baby but was told after being on the shot for so long i should be on somthing untill my period came back well needless to say i thought it was awsome when i started taking it but then i was laying on the couch at home one night and had the worst burining feeling i have ever felt in my stomach finally after i couldnt take the pain anymore i called for a ride to the hospital by the time the ambulance got me there i was told my right tube had burst and i needed emergncy surgry i lost half of the blood in my body and had to have blood transfuisons later i was told i was 12 weeks pregnant i still want a baby and after loosing that one in 2008 i lost another in 2009 at 4 months pregnant do to a sub corionic hemorage i think this yaz had alot to do with it i have also like some of the other commets had severe anxiety to the point i lost my job and was at the er everyother night thinking i was having a heart attack it is still a problem for me it realy messed my head up i hope they take it off the market soon because i think the risks out weigh the benifets

So iv been on Yaz for about 3yrs on and off and im 21. I decided too look it up after iv seen the adds on tv about all the harmfull side effects. I havent had none of the serious harmfull side effects. I got on it because of the mild acne, and to prevent getting pregant again. The acne cleared right up, and my periods are fine. But just reading some the comments made me really think to myself. I started to notice some stuff a few months ago, like the headachs, I never had them before or while I was using yaz until now, they are so bad that I got so nauseous and it seems like anything that I take dont work, and it only happens at the end of my period. 2nd, loss of sex drive, it seems like I dont even have one nomore, I thought it might been of having a baby and everything, but thats deff not the issue now. My husband was deployed last January to iraq for 7 months and when he came back, I didnt feel like doing anything!! Thats deff not me, thats when I knew something was wrong, to this day I dont feel like doing anything. 3rd, memory loss, like little things, id say one thing 1 min and the next i didnt know what I was talking about, or when I went into a room to get something, I had no clue what I was in there for. And it seemed to happen ALOT, which is very irrating. 4th, The mood swings, mostly crying, I never used to cry over anything, now I do, its nuts, seems like I cry over everything. And finally the weight gain and the hair loss. Iv gained a little bit of weight while on it, but iv also had a kid. And hair loss, I lost some of my hair on the sides, but that wasnt from yaz. But iv noticed that my hair is getting thinner, so has my husband. Oh and I also get some really bad chest pains sometimes. So I dont know if all these symptoms are related to Yaz, but it does seem like it. So im going to go off the birth control and see what happens. But after reading all these comments, this birth control should be off the market.