Dangerous Drug and Recall News

We’ve been covering the problems associated with the birth control product known as Yaz recently, and today we’re going to continue by discussing another of the leading side effects experienced by women who have used Yaz as their method of choice for birth control.  This side effect is the tendency for this product to lead to strokes, and below you’ll find some basic reasons as to why Yaz lawyers are fielding many inquiries around the country based on this growing issue.

Getting right to the point, researchers have not yet figured out exactly why Yaz has led to strokes in so many women who were otherwise completely healthy and who did not pose any sort of medical risk before beginning with the use of this product.  However, statistical evidence has shown an increased likelihood of such an occurrence to take place, which has led to several warnings from the government and lawsuits being filed.

Strokes are not only extremely dangerous and potentially deadly, but in many ways they remain a mystery to the world of medical science.  The reason is that strokes attack and affect the brain, which clearly remains the most intricate and complicated area of the body.  A stroke occurs either when a blood clot forms in the brain or a blood vessel in the brain bursts, leading to brain bleeds and a deprivation of oxygen and necessary nutrients that can be difficult if not impossible to control.

What’s worse is that while there are some common symptoms related to strokes, the specific symptoms and resulting damage to a patient will largely depend on the area of the brain that was damaged by the original episode.  Therefore, different patients have different consequences to deal with after a stroke occurs.  Some are paralyzed to differing degrees of severity.  Others are unable to communicate and still others lose basic motor functions that were taken for granted to that point.

While the progress regarding rehabilitation from a stroke is encouraging, the fact remains that many patients who suffer from these severe episodes never completely recover if they survive at all.  Therefore, if you have taken Yaz and suffered a stroke, you need to contact a Yaz lawyer as soon as possible to schedule a free initial consultation.