According to About Lawsuits, Yaz and Yasmin birth control pill related deaths may exceed 190 in United States alone, says a recent report. The German-based Coalition against Bayer Dangers reports that a search of the FDA’s adverse events database revealed that there have been 140 Yasmin deaths reported in connection to women taking the birth control pill and another 50 Yaz-related deaths reported in connection to newer version of the drug.
The numbers in the database only present women in the United States who may have died as a result of taking Yaz or Yasmin birth control pill. Many of the victims are young women with no reported medical or health problems, who suddenly developed dangerous blood cloths, pulmonary embolisms, suffered strokes or gallbladder diseases after taking the pill.
Bayer faces about 7,000 Yaz and Yasmin wrongful death lawsuits, which have been consolidated as a part of a multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Illinois. Several cases are pending against Bayer at the state level in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The Bayer birth control lawsuits were brought on by women injured by the drug, or the families of women who died as a result of taking Yaz or Yasmin, alleging that the company failed to adequately research the medications or warn about the possible side effects.
Joan Cummins of New Jersey filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer Corporation alleging that its birth control Yaz caused the sudden death of her eighteen-year old daughter, Michelle Pfleger. Pfleger suddenly collapsed on her way to a college class. The autopsy report showed that the victim died from cardiac arrest triggered by a pulmonary emboli, a blood clot in the lungs that can lead to low blood pressure and sudden death. Cummins alleges that Yaz caused her daughter’s blood clot which lead to her death.
