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Stricter Regulations for the Safety of Consumers

The FDA now faces the challenge of dealing with the public concerns and complaints about the side effects of the leading oral contraceptive available today; the Yaz birth control pills.

Yaz birth control pills are the only contraceptive pills approved by the FDA to treat Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, a worse form of premenstrual syndrome. Yaz is also said to be effective in preventing endometrial cancer, ovarian cysts, ectopic pregnancies and ovarian cancer, making it the choice of many women. Yaz Problems or side effects are said to be encountered by some women. These side effects include headaches, dizziness, vomiting, depression, weight gain, and more. What has deeply concerned the public and the government as well, is the serious side effects of the drug that some women have experienced. Such side effects include hypertension, blood clots, heart attacks, cervical cancer and stroke. The mentioned side effects have caused serious health conditions, lifestyle changes and even fatalities to some women, a consequence consumers should not have experienced if only the FDA had implemented stricter regulations on drug rx, contraceptives and supplements.

Since FDA can regulate and supervise the testing and manufacturing of drugs, stricter regulations should start from there. Extensive testing and research must first be done on a drug before it is approved for manufacturing. This way, serious and fatal side effects could be discovered before the drug is manufactured and released to the market, and not when cases of consumer health conditions and fatalities are reported. Stricter regulations could mean saving the lives of more than fifty women from the uncommon side effects of birth control pills as well as the lives of millions of consumers taking medications at the present time and in the future.