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Our team of attorneys are now investigating claims and prepared to file Mirena lawsuitsinvolving the intrauterine contraceptive device Mirena®. Manufactured by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mirena is an IUD device [intrauterine device] that must be inserted by a trained health care provider and is intended to provide contraceptive protection for up to five years. Some women have experienced serious adverse side-effects and potentially life-threatening complications following the implantation of theMirena device, including perforation of or imbedment in the uterus.
Mirena Migration Lawsuit: The Case of Birth Control Out of Control
Once promoted as the safest and the most viable birth control device, Mirena IUD is falling from grace with the FDA receiving thousands of adverse event reports. The increasing number of Mirena lawsuits alleging uterine perforation and permanent injuries caused by the IUD has led to serious apprehensions among consumers about its reliability and efficacy. While the FDA has received more than 45,000 Mirena side effect complaints through the MedWatch program in the last five years, the medical community looks disconcerted over prescribing the IUD contraceptive.
Mirena uterus perforation reports came into limelight in 2009 when the FDA admitted of receiving hundreds of complaints about it. Though the similar adverse events were noticed earlier, it is the 2009 disclosure of the federal regulator that encouraged people at large to file Mirena perforation lawsuits. One of the Mirena lawsuits filed in November 2012 claimed that the plaintiff, a 21-year-old woman from Ohio, could not be a mother because of permanent injuries caused by the IUD device migration and perforation. She had to remove her uterus after it was found to be punctured by the Mirena device she had. The lawsuit has sought millions of dollars in compensation from Bayer alleging that the manufacturer did not inform consumers about such potential side effects.
Mirena lawsuits have also been filed by two women in a New Jersey court in May 2012 with similar claims. Both had to undergo hysterectomy and remove their uteruses following damages caused by Mirena IUDs. A Mirena lawsuit filed in a Virginia court has made a staggering demand for $2 million compensation on the ground that the plaintiff had suffered from permanent injuries caused by the birth control IUD. The plaintiff was implanted with Mirena IUD at Winchester-based Blue Ridge Gynecology and Obstetrics in September 2006. She was diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy and severe pain in the abdomen within months attributed to Mirena IUD migration.
At least five-dozen Mirena lawsuits filed in 17 U.S. federal courts are now consolidated under the MDL provision at a New York south district court. Almost similar numbers of cases are also awaiting trial in various state courts.
According to Mirena migration lawsuits and complaints to the FDA, the IUD displacement led to major health problems and injuries, such as
- Perforation of uterus, fallopian tube, ovarian wall, and other pelvic organs
- Surgical removal of uterus punctured by the IUD displaced
- Internal injuries caused by the floating IUD
- Failure of the birth control device leading normal or ectopic pregnancy
- Multiple surgeries to remove the displaced contraceptive device and repair injuries
What FDA and Doctors Say
Mirena was approved by the FDA in 2000 with a rider that it was not safe for women yet to become mothers. The federal regulator was worried over uterus and other pelvic infections caused by the IUD during clinical trials. In October 2009, the FDA acknowledged of receiving large number of complaints involving the Mirena IUD. After two months, it issued a warning restricting manufacturer Bayer from the run-away promotion of the contraceptive without making people aware of Mirena side effect risks. Subsequently, it was included in the “Bad Ad Program.” A met-analysis published in 2013 made it public that 47,506 adverse events reported to the FDA between 2007 and 2012 were about serious health problems caused by the birth control IUD.
Successive surveys conducted in 2012, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association, highlighted widespread hesitation among doctors to consider Mirena a safe and secure birth control option.
Another Case of Birth Control Out of Control
The rising number of Mirena lawsuits is a grim reminder of the turbulent consumer history of hormonal copper IUDs in the United States. In 1985, A. H. Robins was forced to pay $3 billion in damages after 300,000 lawsuits were filed by consumers who suffered from serious side effects, including death, caused by its Dalkon Shield IUD. Similarly, more than 1,000 product liability lawsuits were filed against G. D. Searle & Co for injuries caused by its Copper-7 birth control IUD. A Minneapolis woman won $8 million in damages.
If you experienced adverse Mirena side effects, required surgery or have a loved one who suffered death following the implantation of Mirena, you may have a potentialMirena lawsuit.
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