A Mirena IUD complications lawsuit has been filed by a woman who alleges that the manufacturer failed to warn her about the serious side effects associated with using the popular birth control method. Mirena IUD complications have formed the basis of many different complaints and lawsuits in recent years.

In this Mirena IUD complications legal claim, the plaintiff alleges that the company knew or should have known about the unreasonably dangerous product and failed to warn consumers about the risks.

The plaintiff, a resident of Ohio, alleges that Mirena IUD complications were serious in nature but that the marketing materials provided to her doctor and herself did not fully explain the risks of using Mirena as a form of birth control.

Included inside the Mirena IUD complications lawsuit are allegations that the label does not warn about non-stroke neurological conditions that patients may develop such as pseudotumor cerebri. This is also known as inter-cranial hypertension.

The Mirena IUD complications lawsuit says that the manufacturer is aware of the risk of pseudotumor cerebri in use of Mirena. Pseudotumor cerebri is a condition that develops when the cerebral spinal fluid inside a person’s skull becomes elevated, leading to increased pressure. This condition acts much like a tumor, despite the fact that it is not truly a tumor.

Migraine like headaches or severe migraines are common side effects of this condition. Patients who are not aware of these Mirena IUD complications may not realize that it is being caused by their drug or may suffer serious other side effects connected to the usage of the medication.

The Mirena IUD complications lawsuit explains that the plaintiff had her first Mirena device inserted in 2005 in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. She alleges she also received a patient information booklet which she alleges did not include appropriate information about the risk of pseudotumor cerebri and other serious side effects.

After the Mirena IUD was placed inside the patient’s body, the plaintiff says she began to experience unexplained side effects including pressure behind her eyes, dizziness, severe headaches and vision disturbances.

A lumbar puncture was ordered for the patient which occurred in 2006 and at that time, the plaintiff was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. In 2010, the first Mirena IUD device was taken out of that plaintiff without any complications, but the plaintiff only became aware of the connection between pseudotumor cerebri and use of Mirena in 2016.

The lawsuit says that the plaintiff has been permanently injured as a result of these dangerous side effects and that the manufacturer is responsible for the harm caused.

Any patient critically injured by Mirena or any other drug is within their rights to consider legal action. Multiple women have already taken the next step in filing a defective drug lawsuit against the makers of Mirena, claiming that patients should have been warned about the possible complications.

The Mirena IUD Complications Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-CV-03860-UA, filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York.