Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: Birth Control and HRT Pills Put Women at Risk for Deadly Side Effects | Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

In his latest post to our firm’s VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my Carolina personal injury law firm colleague John C. reports on new evidence showing that taking Bayer’s Yaz or another birth control pill containing the synthetic hormone drosperinone significantly raises a woman’s risk for developing a potentially fatal blood clot. John also points to a rash of rash lawsuits from women who took the estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy medication Prempro who allege drugmaker Pfizer failed to provide adequate warnings about cancer risks. To read more, click over to “Birth Control Risks Highlighted in Blood Clot Study, Breast Cancer Lawsuit.”

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