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Posted at 11:17 PM on Jul 10, 2009 by yasmin47, #42928
Wow. Not sure what to think here. I was in the ER today with heart palpitations and chest pain - really bad pain. . . thought I was having a heart attack. Mine started low sort of in the stomach and worked it's way up and settled in my chest. I could breathe but the pain was overwhelming. I sat on my yoga mat in the park took a few pepto tablets, called the Dr. and after almost an hour of pushing on my diaphram and trying to breathe and ease the pain I had to get help. Guess what - like most of you I'm extremely healthy. The EKG, stomach and chest x-rays and blood work (all done today) are fine. And I've been on Yasmin for too many years to count. This is not the first time I've had tightness in my chest or palpitations. One night I thought my heart was coming through my chest for hours on end I sat straight up out of bed and went to the ER the next morning on the advice of my allergist. Again all was fine. I always thought it was some "allergic" reaction to some other test I'd had done with a reaction to dye or some other medical interaction since I tend to be allergic to many things and get allergy shots. This really makes me think about getting off this pill, and I just happened to stumble onto this when I typed "chest pain" in as part of my search. It has been less obvious for me since this has happened infrequently but twice now in a few weeks. And it is rather frightening. Best of luck to all - thanks for the posts.
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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 27, 2009 by msdownham, #21839

you might have had a blood clot in your lung - sounds like the pain i experienced! its called a pulmonary embolism - very deadly - i would get checked asap - this requires a CT Scan... get off this pill - i was so healthy and only 30 - and it gave me a massive stroke!

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 11, 2009 by rhojohwo, #22189

I have been on Yasmin or Ocella for about four years and I have experienced heart palpitations many times, but I never made the connection because when I went to the doctor my blood pressure was normal, that is, until recently. This year when I went to my yearly gyno exam I had VERY high blood pressure and my doctor took me off the Ocella and put me on Ortho-Micronor (Camilla) which has made my blood pressure return to normal.I thought it was werid (as did my doctor) that I had high blood pressure because I'm only 34, active, non-smoking, and not over-weight. I saw the commercial for the lawsuit on CNN for the first time today! I thought, "What the hell is going on with these pills!" Now I feel like I should look into this further. I still get the palpitations, though less frequently now that I have switched my BC.

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