Study Confirms Higher Blood Clot Risk with Newer Birth Control Pills

Women Who Take Certain Oral Contraceptive Pills such as Yaz or Yasmin Are More Likely to Develop Venous Thromboembolism, Explains Ennis & Ennis, P.A. (PRWEB) October 28, 2011 A study published on October 25, 2011 by The British Medical Journal confirms previous findings that certain oral contraceptives containing newer types of progestogen hormones (drospirenone, desogestrel or gestodene), which are found in Yaz or Yasmin, at least double the risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), compared to oral contraceptives with an older progestogen hormone (levonorgestrel), explains Att
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