“I don’t have all the answers but I am driven to ask the important questions.”
So said Erin Brockovich, who has spoken to many women over the years about their right to seek the truth about potentially dangerous medicines and medical devices.
One such pharmaceutical is Yaz, also known under the brand name Yasmin, a top-selling oral contraceptive marketed by Bayer HealthCare. Ocella, marketed by Barr Laboratories, Inc. is the generic version of Yaz or Yasmin.
Yaz has come under fire by some researchers and health advocates who say that the drug puts women at higher risk for blood clots, strokes and other health problems than some other birth control pills, according to an article in the New York Times on September 26, 2009.
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