Essure Lawsuits: Legal Help for Complications & Injuries

Complications After Essure?

If you suffered complications from the Essure contraceptive device, you may wish to explore your legal options. 1-800-LAW-FIRM will fight for the justice your family deserves.

How Can a Permanent Contraceptive Solution Like Essure Become a Permanent Problem?

A permanent contraceptive solution like Essure can become a permanent problem when a well-thought-out decision leads to a daily fight against potentially life-threatening symptoms. Today’s woman is often faced with an overwhelming number of options when it comes to birth control, and when a woman knows that her family is complete, a decision has to be made. This decision, like other life-altering choices, cannot be taken lightly. 1-800-LAW-FIRM understands this decision, and knows how heartbreaking it must be when a chosen solution causes unexpected harm.

1-800-LAW-FIRM understands this decision, and knows how heartbreaking it must be when a well-thought out solution becomes a daily fight against potentially life-threatening symptoms.

About Essure

Essure consists of two nickel-titanium based alloy coils that are embedded in the fallopian tubes to permanently prevent pregnancy. Bayer, the makers of this device, state that the inserts form a “natural” barrier and are constructed to remain “securely in place.”

What are the Advertised Benefits of Essure, or What it Looks Like on Paper?

On paper, Essure is touted as the only permanent contraceptive option for women that doesn’t require a surgical procedure. The approximate 10-minute process to implant the coils into a woman’s fallopian tubes can be completed in a doctor’s office. Women are informed that other benefits of using Essure include: no incisions are made during the in-office, 10-minute implantation process; the inserts are free of hormones; and pregnancy prevention is permanent.

Women are informed that other benefits of using Essure include:

• No incisions are made during the in-office, 10 minute implantation process
• The inserts are free of hormones
• Pregnancy prevention is permanent

What are the Real-World Complications of Essure, or What it Looks Like in Reality?

In reality, Essure has caused severe and sometimes permanent side effects and symptoms in women who adopted it as their method of permanent birth control, with Bayer receiving thousands of reports from women and physicians. Some of the more serious consequences of device use include: Ectopic pregnancy, Miscarriage, Perforation of the uterus and other organs, Chronic, intense cramping and abdominal pain, Heavy feminine bleeding, Severe menstrual cramps, Device migration into the pelvic region, Required surgery to remove inserts, Required hysterectomy, and Autoimmune disease development. Other reported symptoms include: Hair Loss, Chronic Pain, Skin rashes/allergies, Fatigue, Headaches, Mood changes, and Vaginal infection.

• Ectopic pregnancy
• Miscarriage
• Perforation of the uterus and other organs
• Chronic, intense cramping and abdominal pain
• Heavy feminine bleeding
• Severe menstrual cramps
• Device migration info the pelvic region
• Required surgery to remove inserts
• Required hysterectomy
• Autoimmune disease development

Other symptoms include:

• Hair Loss
• Chronic Pain
• Skin rashes/allergies
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Mood changes
• Vaginal infection

FDA Black Box Warning

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that Bayer, the drug manufacturer of Essure, is now mandated to place a black box warning on the device’s label. The warning  will highlight significant health and life-threatening  conditions that could arise from the use of this  device. Essure was approved  by the FDA in 2002. Since that time, more than 5,000  patients filed complaints reporting a myriad of complications including unplanned pregnancies, stillbirths, miscarriages and chronic abdominal pain. Some cases were so severe, that the patients were forced to undergo hysterectomies.

Essure has since been removed from the market in other countries due to “commercial concerns.” Bayer claims that their decades of clinical studies prove the safety of the device.

FDA Mandated Patient Decision Checklist

The FDA recommends that any woman opting to undergo the implantation of the Essure device for sterilization purposes, should review and sign a checklist along with her physician. This FDA checklist example, outlines all the possible dangers and benefits of using the Essure device. It gives the woman considering the device all of the information she needs in order to make an informed decision before moving forward with the device implantation.

How Can You Understand Your Healthcare Options Regarding Birth Control After Essure Complications?

Women are encouraged to speak with their physician regarding all of the birth control options that are available to her. A physician can make recommendations based on their patient’s medical history and tolerance level for dyes, metals and other factors.

What Essure News Stories and Updates Are Available?

To understand your healthcare options regarding birth control, especially after Essure complications, women are encouraged to speak with their physician about all available birth control options. A physician can make recommendations based on their patient’s medical history and tolerance level for dyes, metals, and other factors, ensuring the best choice for their individual health needs.

• CNN: “FDA mandates new warnings, new data for Essure contraceptive device”
• CBS News: “Bayer Halts sales of Essure sterilization implant outside of U.S.”
• BBC News: “Sterilization implant withdrawn from non-U.S. sale”
• Washington Post: “FDA to require “black box” warning, but leaves controversial Essure implant on market”

Understand Your Legal Options

The legal team of 1-800-LAW-FIRM has years of experience helping women with dangerous medical devices. Consultations are free and confidential.