A new study conducted by the Canadian Medical Association Journal has found that newer types of birth control pills that have the hormone drospirenone carry a higher risk of blood clots, specifically clots in the legs called venous thromboembolisms, than older generations.
Venous thromboembolisms are particularly dangerous because they can travel to the lungs and cause a pulmonary embolism.
In a study of 330,000 Israeli women, researchers found that six women for every 10,000 developed blood clots each year. That makes these new birth control pills with drospirenone have a 43-65% higher risk. An FDA investigation of drospirenone-containing birth control pills found an elevated risk as well.
Brand name birth control pills that contain drospirenone are Yaz and Yasmin, along with their generics.
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