Several women have reported that they have been injured by Essure, a birth control device manufactured and marketed by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. Essure, which is intended to render the user permanently sterile, is currently the subject of affected people’s petition asking the US Food and Drug Administration to order a recall of the device. The side effects lawsuit refers to serious injuries caused by this device which includes serious pelvic pain, severe back pain, strange fatigue symptoms, depression and different suicidal thoughts, gain in weight and fluctuations in weight, bleeding, occasional headaches, irregular menstrual cycles, migration of the device, breakage of the device and reactions caused by nickel allergy.
Till now 5 lawsuits have been filed on Bayer the company which is the current owner of the device, stating that the original manufacturer, Conceptus violated the warranty and performed fraud in the clinical trials for the FDA to approve the device. When the device was approved in the year 2002, it was given a premarket approval, protecting it from product liability. But the cases which were filed in District Court of Pennsylvania reports that the company breached the terms of FDA’s premarket approval and the device cannot receive a protected status anymore.
Attorney For The Affected
Many possess notable understanding about the medical and legal issues of the controversy filed on this device. They are experienced in representing women across the nation in cases including dangerous pharmaceutical medicines and injuries caused by defective medical devices. Women who had been using this device and have experienced the painful and serious complications after inserting this device are requested to contact an Essure Attorney or a law firm nearby to learn about their legal rights. The attorneys are helping out people to arrange for a no obligation and free lawsuit by filling forms online or by contacting a law firm directly.