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    DoubleExpresso - Better When Frozen!!: you know, it is so interesting because can you imagine how many OTHER medications have these varying effects for people who take them? for instance, f... more »
    Liz11685: I'm really starting to wonder if the best birth control method is condoms. I'm sick of going on one pill after another and being worried about strokes... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Yaz made my PMDD and my complexion dramatically worse. it also gave me severe morning sickness for the entire two months I gave it a shot. I'll stick ... more »
    gangey: For some reason I'm bothered by the cutesy names on prescription meds. Yaz? Sounds like a sassy movie BFF name, or an 80's new wave band. more »
    stacyinbean: I'm on Yasmin, which I think might be similar but is a bit different. The cramps are the devil but it's made my skin amazing and period 3 days long an... more »
    DoubleExpresso - Better When Frozen!!: I'm pretty convinced that without the side effects of hormonal birth control a lot of us wouldn't be here (I know for a fact it has something to do wi... more »
    anastasia beaverhousen: BCP is a prescription. Like all prescription drugs, make sure you talk to your doctor before skipping off to the pharmacy with stars in your eyes. I... more »
    TheUptightMidwesterner: I cannot take hormones, but I have a question: Do they work as BC because it makes you cry so much any man would be scared to have sex with you? Wow. ... more »
    AwkwardTurtle: Yaz totally prevented babies from happening to me because it also prevented any inkling that I may want to have sex from happening to me as well. more »
    RingTailedLemur: Wow. I'm on Yaz and now I'm a little scared. For me it totally cleared up my post-period crazy time (seriously, I would border on homicidal) and helpe... more »
    devilchyld22: I love how she says "The FDA wants us to clear some things up" in her best bitch voice. more »
    Political Party Girl: Well, I hope Yaz will at least still do my taxes. My super cool lady doctor friend told me when we were out for drinks together that Yaz can do all k... more »
    hortense: So you probably shouldn't take it No you just shouldn't take it You probably shouldn't take it Anymore more »
    lizzzz: *crosses fingers and hopes the new HBC will not ULTRA SUCK as bad as the last few because it will have a steady stream of hormones to prevent hormone-... more »
    pandorasmittens: But is it still safe to talk about explicitly in a refined club atmosphere, while sipping cosmos and vodka gimlets with my BFFs? more »
    lamorevincera: I've said it before and I'll say it again... Yaz gave me a pulmonary embolism (a potentially deadly blood clot in the lung). If you are taking birth c... more »
    saintbernadette: Ooh I saw this on TV the other day. Thanks, FDA! more »
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: And yet, it still makes your friend talk like a creepy mechanical Doctor Bot while you're all trying to have drinks and dish. more »
    PopCultureIsAFarce: Yaz makes my boobs swell up like bowling balls which is something that I hate b/c I already have bog boobs to begin with and for that I hate it!!!! more »
    linnyt is a walking cliché: when the commercial starts with "the FDA would like us to clear some things up" you know it's bad, especailly with the stuff you can get away with. more »
  • #takebacks

    New Ads Admit Yaz Won't Actually Solve All Your Problems

    Bayer Pharmaceuticals had to take out special ads recanting its claims that Yaz helps all women with "anxiety" and "irritability" as well as, you know, not having babies. Bye-bye, period control! [NY Times]
  • #ragtrade

    Nina Garcia Thinks Your Birth Control Is Aesthetically Unpleasing