Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar

Re:Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar by tcj_phx on Sunday June 19, 2016 @05:28PM (#11934766)

> I know this is anecdata, but I know two different young healthy women who suffered strokes or Deep Vein Thrombosis before the age of thirty because of Yaz. (Both fully recovered, thank God, but will never be able to take hormonal pills again for life.)

The cause/effect relationship between elevated estrogen levels and clotting disorders is well understood by physiologists. All the old high-estrogen contraceptive pills have been pulled, because the data shows that they were not safe.

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Re:Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar by Asparagirl on Sunday June 19, 2016 @05:49PM (#11934854)

Well understood now, yes, but Yaz was heavily marketed to young women as being the latest and greatest thing on the market, and it passed FDA approval and came from major manufacturers -- yet it didn't get pulled off the shelves until 2011, after many deaths and strokes.

I support women having easier access to birth control, but my point is that even today, this stuff has a different safety profile than, like, Pepto Bismol or Advil.

(But then again, so does Tylenol, and that's legal, so...)

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