Beyaz Birth Control Pills

One set of contraceptive pills, including the Beyaz pill, have been found to have particularly dangerous side effects. Though the drug may be marketed under a different name, much of the problem lies primarily with Beyaz' key chemical ingredient, Drospirenone.

Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella combine estrogen with the synthetic progestin Drospirenone. No other oral contraceptive (or birth control pill) contains Drospirenone. The combination of chemicals in Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella have been linked to potentially deadly side effects.

Bayer's popular contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella have been plagued by serious (and sometimes fatal) side effects. Yaz side effects include:

• Heart Attack
• Stroke
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Gallbladder Disease

Despite these documented problems, Bayer has released a new birth control pill, Beyaz, that is nearly the same chemical formulation as Yaz and Yasmin. Beyaz simply adds Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9) to the Yaz formulation that includes the progestin drospirenone. Recent studies have shown that women using birth control pills like Yaz and Yasmin that contain drospirenone are 64 percent more likely to develop blood clots than women taking birth control pills not containing the drospirenone hormone component.