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Jazzed about Yaz? or Buzzing about the Buz?

Gyno Gab Gal is too, there is still a lot of reason to like the birth control pills, such as Yaz that contain the new progesterone called drospirenone.But the Buzz regarding this pill is also gabbed about quite a bit as well Lots of emails from patients asking about the commercials about seeking law suits regarding birth control pills containing the hormones in the popular contraceptive pill Yaz. What is the buzz about? Well, all birth control pills have hormonal effects on the liver that can effect our clotting factors to some extent. More clotting factors can lead to increased blood clots in the blood vessels, and this is one of the risks of these pills. But how risky is this? There are what we call "risks verses benefits!" and "Magnitude of risk." Pregnancy does this as well as the estrogen and progesterone levels in pregnancy are dramatically higher than the levels in oral contraceptives. In a study released on November 8th, 2011 among 330,000 Israeli women i...