BC Pills

not a topic that I am usually one to discuss as I have not been on these for YEARS, but we were talking about it at a faculty meeting yesterday and it MUST be discussed.

Just in case anyone still reads this thing, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make sure that anyone that you know that does take BC pills is NOT , I repeat NOT TAKING Yaz.

We had a perfectly healthy parent at our school.....28 years old, had just passed the FL Bar Exam and was to begin her new job at the State Attorney's office on Monday. Friday, she suffered a SEVERE stroke and was not found for 4 hours, which is LONG passed the time that the meds can be administered to counteract the stroke. The prognosis was grim. She would survive but would more than likely NOT function the way that she should ever again.

I am happy to report, that although at this time, her skull has still be removed until the swelling is reduced, she has gone home and is back with her family. She has a LONG road ahead, but her job is being held for her :)
Of course, she was w/o health insurance as she was due to begin her job days afterward. Due to the no insurance, her doctor gave her ONE , just ONE month supply of the Yaz birth control pill to hold her over.

The hospital ran a specific test the confirms that there was a protein present that is ONLY present with this form of pill, so it is definitively this pill that caused an otherwise healthy 28 year old mother to have a life altering stroke.

YAZ is often prescribed for teenagers with acne as well as for the usual use. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, tell everyone you know to get off this medicine. It is DEADLY. The company that manufactures it has had to recently change their advertising and is being sued left and right, but you do NOT want your daughter, wife, sister, aunt, cousin or best friend to be the next woman that is hurt by this medicine.

I KNOW this little girl personally as she attends my school. Please say a prayer for her entire family and pass this on to whomever you know that may know someone who takes oral contraceptives.