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When 18 year old Michelle Pfleger  collapsed in class and was pronounced dead a few hours later, her mother never gave a thought that the birth control pill Yaz, that her daughter was taking to treat acne had  caused her death. An autopsy has determined that a blood clot in Michelle’s lung caused her death, and it has been noted that the report did not link the untimely death to her prescription medication. Because the young woman was taking Yaz to treat acne, which it has not been FDA approved for, several close friends suggested that Michelle’s mother look into other cases where women have died from taking Yaz and Yasmin. The concerned mother collected evidence that links Yaz with an increased risk of blood clots. A woman in Switzerland recently died from the same type of lung blood clot as Michelle and her death was attributed to the birth…
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