Melbourne, Australia, Aug 21, 2008 / 17:07 pm
The death of an Australian woman is being blamed on her use of oral contraceptives, which were recommended as part of her acne treatment.
Adelaide Now reports that the 24-year old woman, Tanya Hayes died earlier this week from a pulmonary embolism, blood clotting in her lungs.
Hayes had been taking Yasmin for four months, an oral contraceptive recommended for patients using the acne medication, Accutane.
After having ignored the contraceptive’s symptoms, including “breathlessness” and “a nasty, hard cough,” she collapsed outside of a Ferntree Gully restaurant and was rushed to Angliss Hospital where she died five hours later.