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The birth control market has exploded in recent years for many reasons, and some of the leading products that help to meet this growing demand have generated billions of dollars in revenue.  Unfortunately, many of these products have also led to the development of side effects that have created the need for help from Yasmin lawyers around the country.  In addition to these problems, many people are also confused as to the difference between two of the leading products on the birth control market – Yaz and Yasmin.

First, the similarities between the two drugs should be briefly discussed.  Basically, Yaz and Yasmin are the same type of product, and they are both manufactured by Bayer Healthcare, one of the true giants of the pharmaceutical industry.  Bayer Healthcare initially released Yasmin in 2001 and Yaz in 2006, and their functions are also similar in terms of how they help to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

Even their active ingredients are largely similar, but there is a reason that Bayer Healthcare decided to incur the expense of formulating and marketing two separate drugs under two separate but similar brand names.  This reason involves the biggest difference between Yaz and Yasmin, which involves the number of active pills that tend to come in a typical batch used by a woman.

Yasmin comes in batches of 28 pills, and of those 28, seven pills are inactive, meaning they have no active ingredients.  This has been the ‘traditional’ ratio of active versus inactive pills, and the reason for this approach is to avoid overloading the woman’s system with the estrogen and progestin ingredients while keeping the user of the pills on a daily routine so that doses are not missed.

Yaz, however, works under a different ratio.  Of the 28 pills in a batch, only four are inactive.  One of the reasons that many experts think that this was done was to help alleviate some of the common but less severe side effects that women encountered while using the drug.  Many of these relatively minor symptoms with those who were using Yasmin occurred during menstruation.

Regardless of the difference, however, both products have been linked to such side effects as kidney damage, heart attacks, strokes and even death in some cases.  If you or someone you love has been harmed as a result of using these products, you need to contact the Yaz lawyers at the Phillips National Injury Group today to schedule a free initial consultation.