Yaz and Gallbladder Problems? (Georgia, Florida)
In order to understand the connection with Yaz gall bladder problems and gallstones, it is important to review why stones form in the first place.
Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ on the right side of your abdomen, just beneath your liver. The gallbladder holds a digestive fluid called bile that's released into your small intestine.
Gallstones (choleliths) are bodies formed within the body, by accretion or concretion.Gallstones can occur anywhere within what is known as the biliary tree, and the gallbladder as well as the the bile duct. Source.
If there are gallstones in the bile duct, the condition is known as Choledocholithiasis.
Bile contains water, cholesterol, fats, bile salts, proteins, and bilirubin—a waste product. Bile salts break up fat, and bilirubin gives bile and stool a yellowish-brown color. If the liquid bile contains too much cholesterol, bile salts, or bilirubin, it can harden into gallstones.
There is a contention that Yaz birth control elevates the level of cholesterol contained within the bile salts produced by the liver.
How does one treat gallstones?
Oral Dissolution Therapy. Oral dissolution therapy uses bile acids in pill form to dissolve gallstones and may be used in conjunction with lithotripsy, although both techniques are rarely used at present. Ursodiol (ursodeoxycholic acid, Actigall) and chenodiol (Chenix) are the standard oral bile acid drugs used for dissolution. Most physicians prefer ursodeoxycholic acid, which is considered to be among the safest of common drugs and does not seem to have significant side effects. Long-term treatment appears to notably reduce the risk of biliary pain and acute cholecystitis. The treatment is only moderately effective, however, since gallstones recur in the majority of patients. Source.
Patients may elect contact dissolution: In contact dissolution of gallstones, a solvent is usually introduced through a percutaneous trans-hepatic catheter into the gallbladder. A catheter is inserted through a small needle puncture into the gallbladder under fluoroscopic or ultrasonographic guidance. The catheter is then connected to a computerized peristaltic pump that delivers small amounts of solvent continuously to slowly dissolve the stones and removes any remaining stone fragments. Gallstones can usually be cleared in hours to days. Care must be taken to limit the time of contact between instillation and drainage to avoid discharge of this potentially toxic agent into the bile duct or the duodenum. Failure to do so may result in transient abdominal pain and duodenitis. Source.
For some, surgery is the way to address gallbladder problems.
Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery 
(cholecystectomy) removes the gallbladder and gallstones through several small incisions in the abdomen. The surgeon inflates your abdomen with air or carbon dioxide in order to see clearly.
The surgeon inserts a lighted scope attached to a video camera (laparoscope) into one incision near the belly button. The surgeon then uses a video monitor as a guide while inserting surgical instruments into the other incisions to remove your gallbladder.
Before the surgeon removes the gallbladder, you may have a special X-ray procedure called intraoperative cholangiography, which shows the anatomy of the bile ducts.
You will need general anesthesia for this surgery, which usually lasts 2 hours or less.
After surgery, bile flows from the liver (where it is made) through the common bile duct and into the small intestine. Because the gallbladder has been removed, the body can no longer store bile between meals. In most people, this has little or no effect on digestion. Source.
Symptomatic gallstones can result in extreme pain and serious medical issues. If you or someone you know has developed gallstones after taking Yaz birth control pills, you may have a legal right to file a claim, call Mark Zamora at 888-574-6454.
