Generic Yaz Approved: Are You at Risk of Vestura Side Effects in Texas?

This week, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. was granted approval by the FDA to produce a generic version of the popular birth control pill, Yaz. The new version of the drug will be known as Vestura.

Many women who are worried about Yaz side effects in Texas and effects from similar drugs such as Yasmin, Safyral and Beyaz may not realize that generic versions like Ocella, Syeda, Zarah, Gianvi, Loryna and Vestura carry the same risks.

These drugs contain the active ingredients ethinyl, estradiol and drospirenone. Drugs containing drospirenone have been linked to a 75 percent increased risk of serious blood clots including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms. Women who take birth control pills containing drospirenone also have double the risk of heart attack or stroke, as well as an increased risk for gallbladder disease and pancreatitis. In fact, despite FDA approval of these new generic birth control pills, an FDA panel will be meeting this week to discuss whether additional regulation is needed to protect women from blood clots associated with drugs that contain drospirenone.

Despite the fact that these complications have affected thousands of women, Yaz and its generic versions are among the best-selling drugs in the United States. Yaz sales currently total more than $173 million a year.

How are these potentially dangerous drugs approved and made available to the public? Learn about Yaz, Vestura and other potentially dangerous birth control pills in Dallas Yaz injury lawyer Kay Van Wey’s book, 7 Secrets the Pharmaceutical Industry Does NOT Want You to Know. You can get your free copy by clicking the link on the top of the page.

To discuss your own injury claim with a Texas dangerous drugs attorney, contact Van Wey Law at 800-849-5082.