The oral contraceptive Yasmin was released in 2001 by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, followed by Yaz in 2006. They differ from other birth control pills in the synthetic progesterone they utilize, drospirenone, which is marketed as less likely to cause weight gain and bloating than other birth control pills. But is it really the dream birth control Bayer claims it is?
Author: Holly Grigg-Spall
Holly Grigg-Spall is a features journalist with the day job of sourcing stories of the amazing achievements of humans, and animals, for the news agency Incredible Features. She writes about her experience on and coming off the Pill for her blog, Sweetening the Pill. Her thoughts on this topic have been discussed in the UK Independent and Times newspapers, The Washington Post, as part of her guest blog at Bitch magazine and in Laura Eldridge's book on contraception choices - 'In Our Control.' She often writes for re:Cycling - the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. She is currently working on turning Sweetening the Pill into a book.