Yasmin Gallbladder Victim Relieved to Receive Settlement

Ironton, OH“I’m relieved that I will finally be able to get a Yasmin settlement,” says Holly, age 24. “I know that gallbladder problems aren’t nearly as serious as other Yasmin side effects, such as Yasmin DVT, but I have to live without a gallbladder for the rest of my life.”

Holly started taking Yasmin in 2005, and says that just three months later, she began to have pain in the gallbladder area - on the right side of the rib cage, behind the liver. She had no idea that there was a link between Yasmin and a gallbladder attack - until she looked online after seeing a commercial on TV about Yasmin and its link to gallbladder disease. (Birth Control Pills rank eighth in causes or risk factors for gallbladder disease, according to gallbladderattack.com.)

“I read that many other women had the same problems as me and they had their gallbladders removed,” says Holly. “I was so mad. I phoned a few lawyers who all said they weren’t taking clients with gallbladder problems, but that was a few years ago. I recently found an attorney on LawyersandSettlements who said that Yasmin gallbladder lawsuits are now being settled. I’m glad they are finally doing something for women like me because I had to suffer through this, and it isn’t over.

“When I had the gallbladder attack, I actually passed out from the pain,” Holly explains. “I was rushed to hospital and had it taken out, right then and there. I had a gallstone the size of a golf ball in my bladder.” Holly was only 18 years old; she didn’t smoke and she wasn’t overweight. There was nothing to indicate that she was a candidate for gallbladder disease.

“I have been suffering with digestive problems since I had my gallbladder removed, so I definitely deserve compensation from Bayer,” says Holly. “I started gaining weight - a lot. And now if I eat anything that contains oil, I have to rush to the bathroom. It is really embarrassing when I go to a restaurant or go over to a friend’s house for dinner. Needless to say, I stay home most of the time. If I drink pop and even some juice, I’m running to the bathroom. And I get really sharp pains in my stomach. My doctor said it was unusual to still have these problems. Nobody in the medical community explained how it could have happened. But they should all know by now, unless they are living in a bubble.”

Yasmin attorneys are advising gallbladder claimants to accept the gallbladder settlements. According to an order and agreement filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (March 15, 2013), Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $24 million to resolve claims of plaintiffs who allege that they developed gallbladder disease or underwent gallbladder surgery as a result of using Yasmin or Yaz drospirenone-containing birth control pills.