As a Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky lawyer looking at Essure injury claims, I wanted to provide the following information. New Essure lawsuit claims continue to be filed, as the call for market withdrawal of the birth control device is growing louder. A South Carolina woman, in one of the latest litigations, has sought product liability against the transvaginal device maker Bayer. According to the Essure attorney representing the lawsuit, the coil-shaped contraceptive broke inside the plaintiff’s body and damaged her fallopian tube beyond repair.
Filed in a California federal court, the Essure lawsuit claims of persistent pain and bleeding following the transvaginal birth control device implant. Tanya De La Paz, the plaintiff, was told by her doctor that the contraceptive coil implanted had “broken or stretched” inside her body. The injury so severe that she underwent removal surgery and her fallopian tube was resected.
The plaintiff had severe bleeding when she went for her first Essure implant that was unsuccessful. She had the perforation during the second implant and side effects, including severe pain, were visible within three months. It was removed two months later.
Essure Lawsuit and Recall Demands Continue
With large number of Essure injury reports going public and lawyers continue to file claims across the United States, the clamor for FDA recall is getting strong. The transvaginal contraceptive, a bendable coil, is implanted into the fallopian tube in an outpatient procedure. It has to be inserted through the vagina and uterus. Many women have complained of scar tissue formation and damage to cervix during the implant. Vaginal bleeding and uterus perforation are other most-occurred injuries cited by Essure lawsuit plaintiffs.
Until May 2015, The FDA had received at least 5,000 Essure side effect reports and a large number of such injuries point out the need for the removal surgery. The large volume of claims and prospective lawsuits every Essure attorney flooded with lends credence to the demand for safety reassessment of the birth control device.
A recent study reported in the British Medical Journal warns that an Essure birth control implant put women 10-fold higher risk of surgery and secondary surgical complications compared to tubal ligation. Attributed to scholars from New York’s Weill Medical College, the study took into account the history of over 50,000 women, who had either of the two sterilization processes, monitored over a one-year period.
Those with Essure birth control had “pelvic inflammatory disease, major abdominal surgery, or cesarean section,” the study found. Women suffered from Essure injuries and side effects forcing them to undergo removal and other surgeries. The incidence is 21 in every 1,000 women who received the transvaginal implant.
A large number of women, including those who have filed Essure product liability lawsuits claiming injuries, attended the FDA hearing on the birth control safety. They demanded the revocation of approval given to the transvaginal contraceptive. The review was a foregone conclusion after a Facebook group relentlessly campaign highlighting Essure side effects and encouraging women to report side effects and file Essure lawsuit claiming product liability.
Contact our Essure injury attorney or call on 1-800-632-1404 to explore options for filing Essure injury lawsuit and seek compensation and damages for suffering from complications associated with the birth control device.