Flashback: Lawsuits Follow PMDD Diagnosis-- Lowering the Bar

Since the late 2000s, more than 12,000 women have filed lawsuits claiming that the birth control drug Yaz, and a similar product, Yasmin, caused blood clots that led to injuries or deaths. Both drugs are manufactured by Bayer.

Yaz was approved in 2006 as a treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a more severe form of PMS.

A MedPage Today/Journal Sentinel analysis found the drugs were tied to more than 10,800 adverse events reported to the FDA by health professionals and manufacturers since 2013. That included more than 200 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.

Those problems were all reported years after the market peaked for the drugs in 2008. Further, the analysis focused on reports of problems submitted by health care professionals and drug companies.

As such, the number of complications is likely much higher.

The actual number likely is much higher because the system is voluntary for doctors.

"We take all adverse events seriously," said Bayer spokesperson Jennifer Brendel, who noted the reports to the FDA are not verified to determine if the drug listed actually caused the reaction.

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