Bayer’s pharmaceutical revenues have slipped 2.2% in the first quarter of 2010, according to the Germany-based company’s most recent financial report. While the company experienced a net revenue gain in the first quarter, Bayer blames a large portion of its pharmaceutical losses on a sharp decline in oral contraceptive sales.  The Yaz/Yasmin brands earned just 287 million euros this quarter, a 10.2% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2009.

Bayer believes that the drop in Yaz and Yasmin sales is largely due to fewer sales in the U.S., as consumers have become aware of the lawsuits brought against the company for adverse side effects. Approximately 1,100 lawsuits have been brought against Bayer as of February of this year. Patients have reported severe onsets of deep vein thrombosis, heart attacks, strokes, and gallbladder disease as some of the major side-effects experienced while taking Yaz or Yasmin.

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The birth control pills Yasmin and Yaz came onto the market in 2001 and 2006, respectively, and were thought to be safer than other contraceptives because they contained a new synthetic progestin. However, the new ingredient has been linked to various health problems and the drugs’ manufacturer has been named in multiple lawsuits.

As of mid February 1,100 lawsuits have been filed in the United States against the drugs’ maker, Bayer HealthCare. The manufacturer stands behind the pills’ safety, but attorneys across the country argue that the progestin contained in the pills, drospirenone, is the cause of health problems, including blood clots in deep veins (deep vein thrombosis), strokes, heart attacks, and gallbladder disease.

In a statement released by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder and director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, a non profit advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., Wolfe warns of the dangers of the drugs. “There is reason to be concerned, I believe, about both of them [Yaz and Yasmin],” Wolfe said. “When evidence like that comes up, people should pay attention to it.”

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Two studies from the Netherlands linked the use of Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills to various kinds of blood clots.

A study which examined blood clot risks in healthy Danish women ages 15 to 49 found that in 4,213 cases of various kinds of blood clots which were reported between 1995 and 2005, more than 2,000 occurred in women who used the popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. The pills are made with the synthetic progestins: desogestrel, gestodone, and drospirenone. Each of the women had a higher risk for blood clots compared to those who used oral contraceptives made with an older form of progestin called levonorgestrel.

A second study involving 3,200 women in the Netherlands, found that those taking birth control containing levonorgestrel had a four times higher risk of getting blood clots than women taking no contraceptives. The same study, however, showed that women were 6.3 times more prone to blood clots if they used Yaz and Yasmin.

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