I have taken Yasmin or Yaz for over 8 years with no side effects. This is the ONLY birth control that didn’t make me sick, if this were taken off the market, I don’t know what I would do (not use BC, I suppose). I think it depends on any underlying conditions or predispositions to kidney, liver or heart problems that are made more evident after taking a drug that will increase potassium levels in some. This is clearly stated in the warnings. When I first started the drug my clinician clearly laid out all the risks and told me that I should have my liver and kidney functions monitored at least once a year. I have been compliant with this (having the blood work done when I go in for my yearly exam). I suspect that clinicians might not being doing their due diligence in advising patients about the risks or following up with the appropriate tests. I would hope that clinicians and users of the drug do their own due diligence instead of blindly blaming the drug industry, and taking a drug off the market that has worked so well for many women.

i took yasmin and yaz over the course of he last 2 years and neither one of them made me feel good. I felt horrible!, yes it depends on the person and how it affects you. I never felt the way I did on either one of these two. I felt like I was having a stroke!. I do not recommend them or any other b.c.p. I do not take any of them anymore.

My heart goes out to all of you here – your lives have forever been altered. I’m not sure why this product is still available, especially when it is not a potentially life saving med, such as Tysabri for MS. And JJ – There is no birth control pill that doesn’t have potentially bad side effects – but none after such a seemingly short time. Switch to condoms for birth (and disease) control – or if you are with a guy you can trust try using the rhythm method and/or a diaphram. And please, ladies, when your doctor perscribes anything for you check how long the drug has been on the market and what people say about them. Drugs are more high tech now – but they don’t go through the rigorous testing mechanisms they once did.

My 27 year old granddaughter started taking yaz 2 months ago. Today she is in the hospital in critical condition with a stroke. The right side of her skull has been removed to allow her brain to swell. in three days her hospital bill has exceeded $500,000 with no end in sight. We are just praying she will survive. My sisters 42 year old best friend died earlier this year from a blood clot that went to her heart. She had been taking yaz for 2 months. There is something wrong and you bet this drug should be removed from the market. I encourage anyone taking this drug to quit immediately.

I went on this POISON Yasmin for a year then went off after I gained weight. I proceeded to lose so much weight after I went off that I lost 40 pounds by doing nothing different over the course of three months. I got so skinny people became concerned but there wasn’t anything medically wrong with me. However, I also didn’t have my period for over a year after quitting Yasmin. I went to the gyno concerned but after a Progesterone test (which I failed) he suggested I just try going back on again with Yaz this time. I had my periods again of course but not on my own. They were hormonally controlled. After two months, I started craving food and getting anxious and stuffing my face as a way to cope with the mood swings and stress. This is was so not like me. Then I started to get horrible bloating and constipation. I had to use laxatives regularly to have any movement. After gaining 30 pounds and suffering in severe with the constipation, I decided it had to be the pill so I went off again. No surprise, I haven’t had a period for 6 months since I’ve been off and while the crazy mood swings have gone away, I’m still having really bad GI problems. I have a sharp pain in my lower left bowel and I’m chronically constipated. After seeing doctors and running blood test which all ended up normal they still don’t know what’s wrong even though I tell them it’s because of this pill. My gyno thinks I’m crazy, my GP thinks I’m crazy, and now I have a GI who thinks I’m crazy. IT’S BECAUSE OF YASMIN/YAZ!! This is POISON. Do NOT take this or give it to you kids. I’m just praying I can heal the pain and the constipation soon because I’m starting to limp and all the doctors have told me to do is eat a different diet. I’ve been eating cooked fruits and veggies for almost a month now because that’s the only thing I can eat without severe pain. And I’m a 24 year old healthy girl who exercises every day. I am beyond amazed this crippling drug is still on the market place.

I started taking Yasmin after my son was born. I remember it was featured on NBC’s Today Show. A doctor talked about how low the side effects were with this wonderful new pill. Even with insurance, it cost me more than my old pill, but I decided to try it anyway. My acne got much worse on Yasmin, but other than that, it seemed to work fine. I used it for several years, and finally I stopped taking it because I started developing large dark spots on my face called Malasma. When I stopped taking the pill, they gradually faded, but still want to show up again when I go out in the sun for any length of time. I am glad that I did not suffer some of the more terrible side effects (even though the melasma is bad enough), but I feel that the medical community really let a lot of women down. I remember my gyno going on and on about how wonderful this pill was supposed to be. Who can you trust?

i have been taking yaz for almost 2 years and have not had any problems but now that i have been reading bout it and looking into it, it makes me scared to continue to take it… I hope that nothing happens to me since i have been taking it so long..

After 4 months I would have chest pains, shortness of breath, pain down my left arm, shoulder blades tight, heart palpitations, pain in my legs that kept me up all night, headaches. I had stomache problems, diarea, moody and depressed.After extensive tesing and multiple specialist. Doctors diagnosed me with allergies, acid reflux, never figured out the leg pains. At 6 months I stated throwing up stomache acid and bile between 2-4 am almost everyday. Doctors and pharmacists insisted since I was past the 3 month symptomatic period on yaz it cannot be the yaz, however I was on NO OTHER MED! They had no explanation for the randowm vomitting. Well, I stopped using yaz against doctors orders and all problems dissapeared. 5 months off yaz and I developed a new problem of cysts on my ovaries that now the same doctor said yaz can cause cysts when you go off of it!

I haven’t been able to afford my birth control (Yaz) this month and I noticed today that after being off of it for a couple of weeks I had a huge sexual tension rise up in me the past two days. I never wanted sex while being on this birth control, but now its almost like I’m in heat. As far as other side effects I’ve had freqent headaches recently, but nothing else thank God. At least not so far, and I’ve been on yasmine for a few years and then Yaz for about 4 years. I hope nothing happens. I develpoed a Thyroid problem, but I may stay off of this pill to be safe! And have a sex life again!

I am 36 years old. I had been on Yasmin since a few years before my 13 yr old son was born.(but stopped when tried to concieve, and while pregnant of course.) And then again after my 9 1/2 yr old son was born. I had to have my gall bladder removed. I had unexplainable migraines, and dizziness-vertigo. A few years back, I switched to Yaz, to help with PDD, and Acne. My Acne became worse, it is not only on my face, but all over my body. My mood swings have become violent. Had constant thoughts of suicide, constant crying, drop in sex drive, major weight gain-(90 lbs. in the past year) I have insomnia, still have migraines, and dizziness-lightheadedness, some bouts with vertigo. (Had to have 2 non-cancerous tumors removed, 1 from my neck lypnode and one from my left armpit lympnode) I have also found that my eyesight is rapidly getting worse. I have a hard time trying to find the right words to say. I have constant back and shoulder problems. And for the first yearish of taking Yaz, for no reason, my ankles kept swelling up even if I hadn’t been on them all day. But this past week, on Thursday, I woke up with Diarreah, had that all day. When i was saoking in the tub, i started feeling very dizzy and nauseous (flu like). I hurried up my bath, when, I went to shave my right arm pit, I had felt a lump in my right breast. So I decided to do an exam. I found that lumpin my right breast, and several in my left breast. Well, As the day went on I became sicker. And at about 3am I was sleeping on the couch, so I wouldn’t get my hubby sick by sleeping in the bed(besides, I have insomnia) All of the sudden, I could not breath. I went from breathing just fine, to having almost no lung capacity in a split second. You could here a high pitch whistle sound each time I breathed out,(the little breathe I could take). I have asthma, but this was 100 times worse than asthma. My inhaler wouldn’t even help! It was harder than trying to breathe through a coffee stirrer straw. Thank god the house phone was right there, I prtessed the intercom button, to ring to the bedroom phone for my hubby’s help. He was going to call the ambulance, but we used my son’s neubulizer machine treatment 4X, to help(sort of help) it took a good hour for it to subside. Then my hubby took the day off because I was ill, and he was worried, at about 9am, I was laying in my bed, breathing just fine and it happened again. Nothing helped, only the NB Treatment a bit, and it lasted about 1/2 hour this time. My hubby to me to the ER. They ran blood work, an IV. Cardiogram. By then, my lungs were clear again, because, I was breathing fine again. (of course, it didn’t happen while I was at the ER) They tested me for the swine and seasonal flu, had neither. My lungs really hurt, up under my ribcage area in the lower lungs. But they said, it must be Heart burn or acid reflux. I did not agree. they said everything came back normal, no fever, and they weren’t going to do a chest X-ray because my chest sounded clear. I told them they should, but they didn’t, they said it was more than likely an anxiety attack. I know darn well it couldn’t have been. I was very calm and relaxed both times before I went to the ER when it happened. my kids were in bed, nothing to aggitate me. Just Bam! All of the sudden! And then after up to an hour it was back to normal. Well, ever since, i have come home from the hospital, It has happened several times. Today is Monday, only a few days after. My hubby and I had to cancel our Anniversary plans because of it. I have an apoitment with my doctor in a few hours. Wish me luck. My husband told me last night, that he saw the ad on TV about the YAZ lawsuits, and that i need to look into it. Wow! Am I glad that I did! I wonder if this breathing problem is blood clots/ Pulminary Embolism? The ER could have caught it if they took an X-Ray. They didn’t even ask my medications. Maybe they would have had a red flag go up, if they knew I was on YAZ?

I started to take Yaz when I was 19. I am now 21 and just stopped 2 months ago. Over the past two years I have experienced migranes soo severe I have had to be put on Imitrex. I have gone to the hospital with a very severe bladder infection and I always get UTI’s. I feel there has to be some connection to this drug and all these symtoms since everyone else has had similar ones. Since I have been off I have had my period for 8 days and severe cramps.

I have been taking Yaz since May 2009, I have not had any side effects yet, and thought the product was great! Now I am scared. Maybe it does depend on the person taking it.

After taking Yasmin birth control for four months in 2003, I developed cysts on my overies. I knew something was wrong with this pill. I gained 20 pounds which my doctor dismissed as me eating more. I said it was the ethinol estrogen in the pill. I still have cysts on my ovaries and had I not gotten off the pill when I did, I feel there would have been more complications.

Wow..I cannot believe so many other women have experienced what I went through for almost THREE YEARS!! When I first started taking Yasmin back in 2005, I too thought it was the “miracle pill” since i had been on many different birth control pills in the past. The first couple of days I was on Yasmin I got really sick but thought maybe I had the flu or cold and didn’t think anything more of it. I started losing weight very fast which was nothing to complain of since I had always wished to loose weight that fast! Now that I look back, I should have immediately gone off these pills because of what happened afterwards. I slowly started to get more and more sick…until one night I woke up with an awful gallbladder “attack”. i had to go to ER and do all of these tests only to find that my gallbaldder (with no prior problems) was not functioning properly and I also had a few gall stones. I had never had surgery in my life, but had to be scheduled for gall bladder removal. After struggling with the pain, the lethargy, the sickness&diarrhea, I thought my prayers would be answered once my gall bladder was removed. No such luck..after the surgery I become even sicker..I almost lost my job and I was depressed all the time. I couldn’t leave the house for longer than an hour without getting sick. I did tons of research, asked over and over again if maybe my birth control pills were the reason I felt so awful and felt like I was basically DYING. Time and time again I was told NO and that they would run more tests..finally Dec of 2008 I decided to get off of the birth control pills and see for myself. I felt helpless and stuck like nobody in the medical profession could help me! Within months, I felt my body start to “detox”-I got random hot/cold sweats throughout day, became randomly dizzy and irritable…my sex drive slowly started to come back. I literally felt like I was detoxing from a drug. Within 6-12 months I felt so great..my energy was back, I wasn’t getting sick, I felt like a brand new person (back to my old self again) I was so thankful and figured I just had an “allergic reaction” to the pills. Slowly I started hearing of more women who experienced similar things and I urged anyone who was on the pill to be careful and shared my experience. Now I am reading this website only to find out it is a HUGE PROBLEM and this pill, as well as anything like it, needs to be pulled from the shelf! I agree that maybe there are you lucky ones out there that may not et any negative side effects, but why risk it? Later down the road, years from now, you may end up with one of these HUGE health problems and it will be harder to tie it back to the pill once it has been so long with no prior problems. Just get off of them now and save yourself the pain,tears,money and time..it will take months or years off of your life like it did mine. Good luck to you all.

You all are rediculous bllod clots and stroked can be caused by a numerous amount of crap that we put into our bodies. I have used this birth control for 10 years and have never had a problem with it. I think you all are over reacting. i think you are letting yourself think your tired or having pains for no reason but acually your looking for an excuse to complain.

My wife took Yaz and started to have seizures, however after we took her off it she has had a seizure about once a month even thou she no longer takes it. He abdomen cramps and she shakes a little and cant breath for about 20-40 secons then than the muscles let loose and she hyperventolates for about a minute afterwards. has anyone else had these effects from Yaz birth control ?

Kayla i am feeling the same way as you. i am 19 also and i am ALWAYS tired. I completely lost my sex drive and i have been having a lot of body pain, mostly in my upper back or right shoulder. My friend recently had to have her gul bladder taken out and she is on YAZ. she had no idea that YAZ might have had something to do with it until i told her earlier today. she is checking into it now. I am not sure weather to get on a new birth control because yaz is my 4th birth control! and i just am so confussed on what else i would take and on what to do.

My 14 year old daughter has been on Yaz for six months which was prescribed by her dermatologist for acne. The acne did improve; however, about a month after starting, she had major mood swings, uncontrollable crying spells, and was diagnosed with depression. She was put on anti-depressant, but continued to be depressed and suicidal. She attempted suicide with a drug overdose about a month ago. Her MD suggested taking her off Yaz. She has been off it for a week and on a different BC pill that is supposed to also be good for acne. Her mood is so much better. She seems like herself again. Now we believe that the Yaz had to have contributed to the depression.

Any type of birth control can cause these side effects.For all the girls who smoke while on yaz and posted a comment your chances go way up so you really shouldnt post a comment unless you decided to stop smoking while on this birth control.

I am 35 years old and in good shape. I have been on bc pills for a total of 18 years. After 7 years of Yasmin, I was switched to Ocella, and was on it for a year. For about 8 months, I had severe dizziness from morning until night. It had been so bad, that a few times, I started to fall in the hallway at work and co-workers would help me. I couldn’t imagine what it was but it seemed to get worse very quickly. With the dizziness came very bad hot flashes and chills. My stomach would feel queasy. I retained up to 6 pounds of water per day. My whole body puffed up. I had headaches, had trouble walking and was in so much pain all over my body. I could barely get to work everyday. I kept telling the doctors I felt “toxic”. I had horrible acid reflux and nothing would make it go away. I went to many, many doctors for months, went through several tests and lots of money for these tests, and they kept telling me they did not know what was wrong – maybe fibromyalgia, etc. Every test came back ok. I also gained about 15 pounds in a year. I took myself off of the birth control (gut feeling it was that), and I am happy to say it’s been 5 months that I have been off of it, and I am almost COMPLETELY rid of all the things I listed above. Within 4 days I started to feel better. This pill needs to be pulled off the market!

I am shocked to read all of these comments. I was watching TV and saw an ad about the lawsuits being filed regarding Yaz and Yazmin. I am 36 yrs old and have been taking Yaz for about 2 yrs. I love it, but I have been noticing for some time now that I feel like my heart flutters and I get sharp pains in my breasts, i also spend alot of time going to the bathroom every night so I am sleep deprived. I have also been noticing that my legs feel tired like I am not getting enough circulation in them. When I read all these comments, I realized that this pill may be my problem. I am going to stop taking it to see if these symptoms conintue or stop. Thank you for all the postings.

I took yaz for about 6 months last year. I had alot of fatigue, anxiety, one episode of chest pains. I never went to get an examination. But I was wondering if anyone knew if you should go get checked out if you have ever taken it, or just if you are currently taken it and experiencing symptoms?

I started Yasmin in 1997 and took it for about 6 years. After my second child, I began taking it again with no problems or side efects. Because of insurance reasons, i had to switch to YAZ. While on YAZ, i was very moody, had night sweats, depressed, and at one point thought i was having a nervous breakdown. I stopped taking it and it took about a month or 2 to get back to feeling normal again.

In April 06, I was sitting in the chair watching tv when all of a sudden I could not breath. I tried and tried to catch my breath but just could not. So I went to the ER when they discovered I have Pulminary Imbolisum which were blood clots in each lung. I had been taking yasmin from about 01-06. Yasmin was great for me until this. I lost lots of work, had to get my blood drawn every 2 weeks for about 6 months. To this day if I cant catch my breath I feel like there is something wrong with me. I ended up staying in the hospital for a week. I currently have to take asprin for the rest of my life and because of the clots I can never take birth control again. Which from this I became pregnant about a year later. Now I have a son and can not ever take birth control pills. I love my son very much but because of yasmin I had my son sooner than I wanted. Please take this drug off the market, I would not wish this on anyone!!

I was perscribed YAZ last week. I have been taking it for a week and a half and I already got a UTI, which I have never had before. Did not know about all of this, doctors should let us know info like this, im getting off that BC!

I can’t believe this! I just filled my second month’s prescription of Yaz and really believed this will be the perfect contraceptive. I have been on Triphasil for 12 years and started to have bad side effects, went of the pill for 8 months and after going for my yearly check up the doctor prescibred Yaz! The only things I have noticed so far was trouble sleeping, tired and irritated arms arms and legs. Now WHAT are we suppose to use?????

Also was diagonsed with DVT, and gained alot of weight while on yaz. I had been on bc before I got pregnant and never had any problems with side effects…

July 29 08 I had been on yaz for about 4 months. Thought I had sprained my ankle,lots of sweeling and pain. Went to the ER when the pain persisted they said you have a strain and to stay off of it. 2 weeks later i was in ICU for PE bi laterial/saddle the clot moved from my calf to my lungs I was 28. Had a 15 month old lil boy, that i didn’t get to see for 5 days because I was on my death bed. I will be on bloodthinners for the rest of my life thanks to the yaz..

i have been taking yaz for almost 2 years i would say. I been seeing tv ads on tv about yaz being a bad drug and its scaring me because ive been trierd alot, sad, body pains every where, no motavation to do anything im only 19 and i feel so old, i dont no if i should keep taking it?

This is ridiculous! Why is this pill even still out! For everyone that has posted about issues thank you. Im gettin mine changed Thursday…any suggestions?

I took Yaz For only 3 months and now i have to have both ovaries removed due to very large cysts. I just learned that yaz could be the reason. not to mention i have headaches backaches i throw up all the time and im exhausted every day. I was going to have children but now i can’t and i am only 20 years old. I will be sueing!

I have been taking yaz since I was 18, I just turned 21.I have had no side effects at all. My acne got better. I feel better with my mood swings. IS THERE A PILL THAT IS OK TO TAKE? ARE ALL THE SAME?

I have PCOS and had severe hormone fluctuations. Before I went on YAZ, I was bleeding so profusely with such tremendous pain during that time of the month, that I was going to get a hysterectomy. I am 37 years old and have never smoked or drank in my life. I exercise regularly. However, my hormones were so wildly fluctuating, that I was experiencing “male pattern baldness,” as well as a whiskery mustache and beard that I had to shave every day. I was a mess. My gynecologist asked me to try YAZ before I opted for a hysterectomy. I have been on YAZ for a year and a half and I feel like a real woman for the first time IN MY LIFE. I bleed very little, if at all, and I never experience cramps or debilitating pain in my legs and back like I used to every single month. For me, this has been a MIRACLE. I can laugh and walk and enjoy my life. I used to be completely confined to my bed during “that” time of month and felt miserable all of the time the rest of the month. After becoming more educated about YAZ, however, I will have my GYN carefully monitor my blood levels and watch for any potential side effects.

I have been taking Yaz for over 2 years now. I get frequent headaches which I always thought were sinus related. My legs hurt alot and recently feel very weak along with myhands and arms. Was told I have high cholesterol since starting this and an under active thyroid. Acid reflux which they say is the cause of upper right sided pain right under my shoulder blade. Very irritable and anxious and complete loss of sex drive. I thought alot of this was from aging effects but after learning of all these reports and deaths I am totally freaked out that most of this is from taking Yaz. Going to consult my doc. about this.

im a 20 year old college student, and i started taking YAZ the day after i graduated from high school. The side effects of nausea, headaches, and tiredness were strong at first but my obgyn said tht was normal the first three months. Now 2.5 years later ive had an inflammed gallbladder, (they removed it within the first 8 months of taking YAZ), ive had PE and didnt even know what it was.., im SO SO SO tired and weak..doctors keep telling me to drink ensure?, i have severe migranes, and IN the past TWO months my right arm and right legs have been going NUMB.. this expereince has been so scary for me..i dont want to take any kind of birth control ever again.

I have been using Yasmin and Yaz for years now, and I do notice I feel depressed a lot. I do get terrible back pain, also after starting on yasmin for the very first year or so, I went for my annual check up and was told about some abnormal cell growth, however not much was done by my doctor for that, all I was told was that it could be stress that caused it. I recently went back for my most recent check up and after having to call and call and call to get my results, the nurse finally made time to answer her phone and all she had to tell me was that I had some CIN 2 and needed to do a LEEP, to call and schedule a time to do it. That was it, not even a few minutes to explain to us who don’t know medical talks. However, after using Yazmin, I was put on Yaz and currently still using it. But like some other posts said, when you try to stop using it, it really makes you very sick, with the headaches, weight gain,depression and pains throughout your body. So its like we’re trapped.

OMG!!!! My Dr. just wrote out Yaz for me!! Didn’t know a law suit was going on!! Thank you for sharing all of your stories!!! I will NOT take this birth control! Reading this page saved me alot of pain and possibly my life!! I hope others will read this page and find info before taking this dangerous pill. I’m so sorry that lives have been lost and others in pain.

Just stopped taking YAZ. Had used an IUD, had it removed, was off all birth control for 4 months, then started YAZ about two years ago. Since then I have battled with depression, anxiety, kidney infections, extreme fatigue and arthritis-type pain. Recently my chest has been hurting and I get stabbing pains down my arms and legs. I have no insurance and only have a regular OBGYN that I see. One day everything I seemed to hear or see got me thinking about heart problems. My friend mentioned seeing an ad about a lawsuit for people using YAZ. I googled YAZ and could not believe what I was reading. With all the problems related to this pill I cannot believe it isn’t being recalled and the public warned. I am interested in finding out if my health problems are a result of this birth control pill. My condolences to all who have suffered because of this pill.

Has anybody else lost their vision? I took YAZMIN for about 6 months and ever since my vision has been terrible. I use to see just fine but when i went in for my check up about a year ago my eye doctor said i was legally blind. Just wondering if anyone else had this problem?

I took the Yaz birth control pill for four months in 2007. My breasts then started to be so tender I could not even wear a seat belt. I began to feel lumps in my chest and found I had a large fibroadenoma that was recommended by two different doctors to be removed. I was only twenty-two, and never had any health problems before. I had surgery to have it removed, and thankfully it was only a benign tumor and not cancerous as they did not know that for sure until after my surgery. I immediately stopped taking the pill because I know my body, and I know it changed after I had started taking it. I have not had any returning fibroadenomas since.

i had used yasmin for several years and started having bad kidney infections and when i went to the doctor they did some tests and i was diagnosed with intersticialsystitis witch means i have holes in my bladder. I had to miss my entire senior year of high school and missed out on a lifetime of memories. i also suffer from high blood pressure, very high white blood count and potassium problems. my doctors still are piecing together all of my issues. So my suggestion is to follow your gut and dont always listen to your doctor if your sick keep going till you get answers. I am also unable to have kids now. which we dont know if there is a side effect to the drug or not but we are investigating it.

I have been on Yaz for about 2 years now. For the past year I have had problems wih shortness of breath, heart palpatations, violent mood swings, my thyroid was “over acting” causing all kinds of horrible symptoms, my heart pounds out of my chest and I sweet instantly within seconds of any activity. After reading what everyone else has to say, I’m never taking this pill again. This pill needs to be taking off the market ASAP!

i been taken this for 2 months & i broke out in a rash all over my neck, stomach, & back .. i also have these hard lump things on my legs .. this yaz shit is nasty … i just dont want to have kids ,, im 19 years old n never had any problems with anything .. im gonna sue the shit out of u people if this shit gets worst .. i feel sick everyday !!!

My friend’s 18 year old daughter died from a pulmonary embolism one month after starting Yaz. This is tragic and should have never happened.

PLEASE DONT TAKE YAZ….I have been taking the pill since April 2009, one morning I noticed a LUMP on my neck, it was the size of a marbel…within 7 days it grew to the size of an EGG. I went to the ER and the did blood tests, CT SCANS, MRI’s, Ultrasounds and everything came back normal. I was admitted for 2 weeks and was give anti-boitics for a swallen Lymph Node infection. The lump never went away with the meds…so I had to have surgery to remove it. The doctors could not tell me why this happen to me. I went home continued taking my YAZ Pills and in August the migrains headaches started.now the lump has come back, just 3 months later. I have now been told to discontinue use of the pill and will be going for more tests….I am sure I will be having surgery again. PLEASE DONT TAKE THESE PILLS they cause serious problems.

I took other types of birth control for awhile until i heard about yaz.So I then took yaz for at least two years. I found myself with alot of head aches and very tired all of the time no matter how much sleep i had gotten. I stoped taking it and my probems that existed dissappeared. I also about i want to say 4 or 5 months ago noticed a few strange dots on my upper stomach under boob area. Now there’s a colony of them. They look like sun spots but sun doesn’t hit that area and i wore one pieces growing up. I saw a yaz comercial about a hour ago and everything just clicked.

I was 17 in 2007and got on YAZ for my acne. I was on it for 3 months and one day I woke up with shortness of breath. I didn’t know why so I waited 4 days until the pain was unbearable. I went to the ER and was diagnosed with a PE. They were going to send me home with Lovenox and Coumadin until a Pulmonologist revisted my CT scan. Turns out the clot was much larger than they thought and I was ambulanced to ICU at another hostpital in Houston. I was there for 5 days, I had to have a central line, an arterial line and there was talk of doing open heart surgery to remove the clot. They delivere TPA, a clot busting drug through my central line, but it did not work..so I had a heparin drip. Once out of ICU, I stayed in the hospital for another 7days while they tried to regulalte coumdin levels. It never worked so I was put on Arixtra injections similar to Lovenox, I had to do them myself everyday. After 6 months of that I was put on coumadin for another 6 months. I have had multiple hematologist and pulmonologist visits and i only get 30 function in my right lung due to the damage. I will never take birth control again…I still have acne and my life was forever changed.

Ive been on Yaz for about 5 months now. my periods have not regulated any, and now this month its been over a week and im still bleeding very very bright red, havent noticed any clots though. I have been crying for no reason for the past few months, my back tends to hurt alot. and as far as my sex drive goes, its fine its just alot harder to have an orgasm than it used to be.sometimes it feels i have pins and needles in my face, and my sides hurt real bad, and i cannot stand the cold. in a couple weeks i am going to have my tubes tied, I am not going to ever want to be on any for of pill shot iud or anything all contain the same horemones. none is better than the other. I have my 2 kids and I am happy

I took yaz for about 1 1/2 years. I would get awful mood swings, headaches, sore throat, coldsores and no sex drive. I just figured it was from being a new mom and being tired. The last thing was about 4-6 weeks ago I got what they call petichae (little pinpoint broken blood vessles all over my body). THat was the last straw. I stopped taking the pills mid pack and i can’t believe how much better I feel. I feel a lot more happiness etc. I saw my doctor last week for the spots and I am waiting for the results of the blood work to see if there is something wrong. She did not think it was related to the pills. I was thinking since so many people have had blood clots why would it not possibly be caused by YAz. Glad to be off Yaz and will not recomend it to anyone.

I was recently prescribed YAZ to treat my PMS symptoms. I started taking it last Monday (21 Sep 09) and by Friday (25 Sep) I felt terrible. I have never been a heavy bleeder nor have I had clots but during the few days I was taking this pill the bleeding was severe and the clots were huge. Thank god I Googled for more information on this drug. Other symptoms I experienced were difficulty breathing, palpitations, throbbing in my left leg, several tics in my face. I can’t believe this drug is available for sale especially here in Australia where pharmaceutical laws are more stringent than anywhere else in the world. I will be having words with my doctor in the coming days and I will never take contraceptives again. I prefer to put up with my PMS every month for a day or two than die.