Something Fishy Going On- FDA Panelists Who Claim Benefits of Yaz Outweigh Risks Were Former Employees Of Bayer

There’s something fishy going on!  In a recent vote, an FDA advisory panel said the benefits of four popular Bayer AG birth-control pills outweigh the blood-clot risk. What the FDA didn’t tell us was that three of the advisers have had ties to Bayer, the maker of the drugs!! In December, the advisory panel for [...]

Birth control like Yaz, Yasmin may increase clot risk

Probably every woman has heard the risk for developing blood clots if she takes birth control pills, or other forms of contraceptives. But how much of a risk is now under investigation. Kristen Hallam wrote an article on April 21, 2011 that states “Birth-control pills with Drospirenone raise clot risk in study.” This study found [...]