Essure Injury: Expect Many Injury Lawsuits To Be Filed

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The fear of Essure injury was not even in the slightest imagination of Angie Firmalino when she had the birth control device implanted in 2009. Like many, the mother of four believed in the promotion of the transcervical device as a breakthrough sterilization option completed in just 10 minutes. However, the results were something unexpected and now 42, the New York mother shivers to recollect her painful experience.

After having the Essure birth control, Angie suffered from severe pain and bleeding for two years. Diagnosis revealed that the transcervical birth control had broken apart and embedded in her uterus. The injury and complications forced her to undergo multiple surgeries, including surgical removal of the uterus.

“If I had any idea of the possible consequences of Essure, I would never have chosen it,” says Angie, who now has to take daily dosages of ibuprofen to prevent the pain from impacting her activities. She now runs a Facebook page “Essure Problems” that has more than 19,900 members and become a popular medium of “posting pictures and sharing nightmare stories about Essure side-effects.”

Essure, a metal and polyester coil, is inserted into the fallopian tubes through the vagina. Made of “polyethylene terephthalate and nickel titanium alloy,” the coil causes inflammation and formation of scar tissues that block the entry of sperms to the fallopian tube. It had a fast-track FDA approval in 2002. However, the horrific stories of injuries after 13 years put a serious question on its safety aspects.

Trial Data Reveals Essure Injury Risk

Essure injury side effects were found during the early in clinical trials. A Cleveland woman, one of the volunteers selected for human trial, filed an Essure lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages. The plaintiff suffered from hip and joint pain, fatigue, migraine, and painful menstrual periods after using the birth control device. Another volunteer had surgery to stop menstrual bleeding.

The Human Reproduction journal reported in 2003 that nine of about 250 women suffered of fallopian tube perforation and a few others had device migration issues during a safety trial. One in every 10 complained of pain during sexual intercourse. Eight volunteers reported painful menstrual periods.

In another trial, 21 of 449 volunteers suffered from reproductive organ perforation. Surgeries performed on eight to remove the displaced device. Many other had abdominal pain and painful sexual intercourse. In 2002, the FDA approved Essure on the condition that “investigators monitor volunteers for four years.” However, only 171 women were monitored for five years and others were abandoned after the first two years.

A report by the FDA acknowledges that at least five women volunteers underwent hysterectomies after the birth control trial while 270 had adverse events, including painful menstrual.

Contact our Essure injury attorney or call on 1-800-632-1404 to explore options for filing Essure injury lawsuits and seek compensation and damages for suffering from complications associated with the birth control device.

 

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