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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been carefully evaluating for over a decade whether emergency contraceptives containing levonorgestrel, such as Plan B One-Step, are safe and effective for nonprescription use to reduce the chance of pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090824/FDALOGO) Plan B One-Step is a single-dose pill (1.5 mg levonorgestrel tablet) which is...

The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that they are leaning towards adding new information about the risk of blood clots to labels of birth control pills. The FDA said there is conflicting evidence about the risk, but the information should still appear in labeling used by doctors and patients. "We believe that, because of the consistency in recent reports for an increased risk, product labeling should reflect that very real possibility," the FDA said. The agency will ask...

Ennis & Ennis, P.A. Raises Questions about Yaz and Yasmin Ahead of the FDA Meeting (PRWEB) December 06, 2011 The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) primary responsibility is to ensure that all medications it evaluates and approves are safe for public use. The pharmaceutical companies presumably extensively research and test new medications and provide this data to the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation Research (CDER). Unfortunately, the CDER conducts no research or...

Craig Swapp & Associates is now helping clients who have suffered cardiovascular injuries after taking Yasmin®, YAZ® or Ocella®. Sandy, UT (PRWEB) December 02, 2011 Craig Swapp & Associates is now accepting personal injury cases where women’s health has been threatened by certain popular birth control drugs, including Yasmin and YAZ (or their generic equivalent Ocella). Says Attorney Craig Swapp, “The Food and Drug Administration has been investigating...

Research published in the online journal, BMJ Open, suggests that use of the contraceptive pill is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, which is the most common cancer type among males in the developed world, BBC reports. Canadian investigators report that they may have found a possible link between use of the contraceptive pill and prostate cancer rates. However experts are taking pains to point out this is not proof that one causes the other and it could possibly be an...

Ennis & Ennis, P.A. explains the findings of another recent study revealing the significant risk of developing dangerous blood blots associated with birth control pills such as Yaz and Yasmin. (PRWEB) November 09, 2011 The Canadian Medical Association Journal released a study of 330,000 Israeli women indicating that blood clots were more likely for those who were taking Yaz and Yasmin, which are birth control pills that contain the synthetic hormone drospirenone, reported attorney...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Drospirenone-containing oral birth control pills are linked to a significantly higher risk of blood clots, both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, according to this study. All oral contraceptives are associated with a higher risk of blood clots, but there is conflicting information about the risk of adverse events with drospirenone. Many previous studies have evaluated risks of second- and third-generation contraceptives, which both contain derivatives of...

The use of drospirenone-containing oral birth control pills is linked to a significantly higher risk of blood clots, both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, according to an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. All oral contraceptives are associated with a higher risk of blood clots, but there is conflicting information about the risk of adverse events with drospirenone. Many previous studies have evaluated risks of second- and third-generation contraceptives,...

Today's hormonal forms of birth control are vastly different from those used by earlier generations of women, both with lower levels of hormones and with different means of delivery (not just a pill), but many of the same problems related to women's pleasure remain. An Indiana University study that examined how newer forms of hormonal contraception affect things such as arousal, lubrication and orgasm, found that they could still hamper important aspects of sexuality despite the family...

Women Who Take Certain Oral Contraceptive Pills such as Yaz or Yasmin Are More Likely to Develop Venous Thromboembolism, Explains Ennis & Ennis, P.A. (PRWEB) October 28, 2011 A study published on October 25, 2011 by The British Medical Journal confirms previous findings that certain oral contraceptives containing newer types of progestogen hormones (drospirenone, desogestrel or gestodene), which are found in Yaz or Yasmin, at least double the risk of developing venous thromboembolism...