YAZ® (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) contains a different kind of hormone, drsp®, which may increase potassium. Therefore, you should not take YAZ if you have kidney, liver, or adrenal disease because this could cause serious heart and health problems. Tell your doctor if you are on daily long-term treatment for a chronic condition such as cardiovascular disease or chronic inflammatory disease.

YAZ is a low-dose birth control pill that is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy when taken as directed. YAZ is the only Pill with a 24/4-day dosing schedule (you take active pills for 24 days, followed by inactive pills for four days) and the unique progestin, drsp®, or drospirenone.

When taken correctly and consistently, YAZ is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. This means that your chance of becoming pregnant is one in 100, if you take YAZ as instructed by your doctor or healthcare professional.

YAZ® (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) is indicated for the prevention of pregnancy in women who elect to use an oral contraceptive. YAZ is also indicated for the treatment of symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in women who choose to use an oral contraceptive as their method of contraception. The effectiveness of YAZ for PMDD when used for more than three menstrual cycles has not been evaluated. YAZ has not been evaluated for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

YAZ, a combination pill, contains two types of hormones, an estrogen and a progestin. Combination pills are the type of birth control pills most commonly prescribed by healthcare professionals. They work in two ways: The body is "tricked" into thinking it is pregnant. This prevents the release of an egg (ovulation). Without an egg to be fertilized, you can't become pregnant.

Not only is YAZ 99% effective in preventing pregnancy when taken as directed, it's the only birth control pill that's also approved to treat the emotional and physical premenstrual symptoms that are severe enough to impact your life, for women who choose the Pill for contraception. Plus, it is also proven to help treat moderate acne.

Women taking combination birth control pills, such as YAZ, may experience side effects that include nausea and vomiting, headaches, irregular bleeding, weight gain or loss due to a change in eating habits, and breast tenderness. But if side effects occur, they are generally mild and go away within the first months of use. One side effect of the Pill continues to be an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This risk is particularly high for women who smoke and are over 35 years of age.

In general, you will want to ask about the effectiveness, potential side effects and the additional benefits of YAZ, such as the fact that it’s the only birth control pill approved by the FDA to also treat the emotional and physical premenstrual symptoms that are severe enough to impact your life, for women who choose the Pill for contraception.

In most cases, the answer is no, you do not need to take a blood test if you're taking YAZ. Only those women on daily long-term treatment with certain cardiovascular or anti-inflammatory drugs for chronic conditions - should talk to their doctor about whether or not they should have their potassium level checked in the first month of taking YAZ. Please check Safety Information for further details.

All combination birth control pills use estrogen, but they do not all use the same progestin. YAZ contains the estrogen ethinyl estradiol and the unique progestin, drsp, or drospirenone. Whereas other combination pills have a progestin that is made from the male sex hormone testosterone, the drsp in YAZ is made from spironolactone. Ask your healthcare professional about the unique properties of drsp and what that may mean for you.

YAZ E-reminders and text messages are easy-to-use tools that can help you stay on track. If you no longer wish to receive reminders or text messages, click here to unsubscribe. You can also unsubscribe to text messages by responding directly to the communication that you receive. Simply hit Reply and text "stop" to unsubscribe.

What are the risks involved with taking any oral contraceptive (OC)? OCs can be associated with increased risks of several serious side effects. OCs do not protect against HIV infection or other STDs. Women, especially those 35 and over, are strongly advised not to smoke because it increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects including blood clots, stroke, and heart attack.

Yes. YAZ is clinically proven to treat moderate acne.* YAZ should only be used to treat acne in women who choose the Pill for contraception. It is recommended for women who are 14 years or older who have no known reactions to oral contraceptives and have started menstruating.

When you are taking photosensitizing medication it is not recommended to tan outdoors or indoors. If you aren't sure, ask your doctor, or ask our tanning consultant to see a list of medications, which can greatly increase the risk of overexposure. A partial list, by no means inclusive, appears below. Many common medications and even ingredients in food, shampoos & soaps can cause photo sensitivity which may lead to overexposure.

Use your common sense in most cases. Explosives, ammo, knives, drugs, and alcohol shouldn't be placed in a cache. Respect the local laws. All ages of people hide and seek caches, so use some thought before placing an item into a cache. Food items are ALWAYS a BAD IDEA. Animals have better noses than humans, and in some cases caches have been chewed through and destroyed because of food items in a cache. Please do not put food in a cache.

To begin with, anything illegal in the country where you are going should not be taken with you. This obviously includes drugs, but may also include reading materials that would be considered inappropriate in the country to which you are traveling . Things that might also be on the prohibited list are insulin needles, birth control pills, and in the Middle East, movies and DVD's. In short, research your country before departure.

Follow-up is our area of expertise. We have developed a program and system that is more cost effective than most entities could implement independently. Consider the costs of addressing envelopes, purchasing stamps, increasing costs of postage, organizing your customer database, sending timely mailings, incorporating fresh greeting cards and mailers each year, and MOST IMPORTANTLY??TIME! So, your business is selling homes. Our business is follow-up. Let our business work for yours!

Yes! What you eat has EVERYTHING to do with how you feel. And certain foods can make you feel a whole lot better. Let's face it: when you have CFS/ME or Fibromyalgia you are already likely to feel very ill, exhausted and weak right? So try not to go making it worse by eating the wrong food! I’ve repeated it because it’s important.

People who developed Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine previously. People who have a moderate or severe illness with a fever should wait to get vaccinated until their symptoms lessen. If you have questions about whether you should get a flu vaccine, consult your health-care provider.

Potassium iodide is extremely safe in the dosage provided by IOSAT and ThyroShield. Because it is widely used in other treatments, its effects are well known. Calculations by the National Council on Radiation Protection suggest that the incidence of adverse reactions to Potassium Iodide can be as low as 1 in 10 million, and often no more than a mild skin rash.

We still hear this on occasion, and it's usually from the older doctors who haven't kept up with the times. I usually tell my patients to ask the doctor specifically how much chiropractic training they have had or even how much research they have done themselves for them to have arrived at their opinion to recommend against chiropractic adjustment.

The Bill Pay service may not be used to make payments to settle securities purchases, federal and state tax payments, or court-ordered payments.

The center provides all bedding (although you can bring your favorite blanket or comforter or pillow). The center will provide your laundry soap as well. The center will also provide uniforms for trade and education and feminine hygiene products. Students receive a "toiletry bag" upon arrival that includes soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, razor blade, etc.

Our solar powered electrical system is more than adequate to provide lights and keep the refrigerators running 24 hours a day. But appliances whose purpose is to produce heat use large amounts of energy. Specifically, hair dryers, curling irons, electric rollers, clothes irons, electric coffeepots, and toasters are the biggest users of energy. If you insist on styling your hair with an electric appliance, we won't have lights to see how it looks when you finish.

You shouldn't walk through the middle of the Magic Hedge on Montrose Point, especially when there are other birders around. Also, if you walk through the shrubs at the southeast corner of the Point you might see something you don't want to see. These shrubs are used by gay men for sex.

First off, make sure you understand that the regular expresision "a*" matches the empty string, and the string "a", and the string "aa", and the string "aaa...". Second, blanket wildcards like .* are often a bad idea. When you're dealing with regular expressions, it's usually best to be as specific as possible. Example: Say you have a desire to deny all mail from the domain wash.edu, perhaps only temporarily but somewhat urgently because a single user there is harassing you.

This is more than just another Usenet group to many of us - it's a way of gathering important knowledge regarding our profession. You wouldn't think of wading into a medical group and telling doctors how full of shit they are and offering your own diagnoses, yet you think it's okay to do it here because it's "just comedy.