Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
This is from Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/k8dzaeh
"(Reuters) - The benefits of combined hormonal contraceptive pills such as Bayer's Meliane or Yasmin in preventing unwanted pregnancies continue to outweigh any risk of blood clots, Europe's drugs regulator said on Friday."
I wonder if conflicts of interests are reported for the people responsible for this decision are anywhere on the web site of Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.
http://tinyurl.com/k8dzaeh
"(Reuters) - The benefits of combined hormonal contraceptive pills such as Bayer's Meliane or Yasmin in preventing unwanted pregnancies continue to outweigh any risk of blood clots, Europe's drugs regulator said on Friday."
I wonder if conflicts of interests are reported for the people responsible for this decision are anywhere on the web site of Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.
rmb
Being pregnant itself is a risk for blood clots, so I suspect in many situations that risk is actually greater than the risk posed by birth control in general, including these newer generation pills.
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