Mirena Lawsuit Alleges IUD Migrated, Required Surgical Removal

A new Mirena IUD lawsuit filed by a New Orleans woman makes similar claims to the other Mirena lawsuits that have been filed against Bayer over the risks allegedly associated with the intrauterine device.

The Mirena IUD is a type of birth control implant designed to be inserted into the uterus by a physician. Once in place, it is designed to block pregnancy for up to five years. However, it has been alleged that the device can dislodge and damage a patient’s uterus.

Plaintiff Janet Williams received the implant from her physician in October of 2007 in Riverdale, Ga., according her Mirena IUD lawsuit. No problems were reported with the insertion. Follow-ups during 2007 and 2008 also found no problems. However, in September 2008, Williams allegedly suffered Mirena IUD complications and had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the device, which had perforated and embedded itself in her uterus. Her Mirena IUD lawsuit asserts that this has left her at greater future risk for miscarriages, pregnancy complications, premature menopause, and other complications.

Williams’ Mirena IUD lawsuit claims that Bayer was aware — or reasonably should have been aware — of these risks. To back this assertion, the Mirena IUD lawsuit states that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) received more than 45,000 adverse event reports associated with the Mirena IUD between 1997 and 2012. Additionally, the Mirena IUD lawsuit states that despite this risk, Bayer actively promoted the device. The Mirena IUD lawsuit notes the device manufacturer was actually warned by the FDA for over-promoting the device, exaggerating its benefits and downplaying its risks.

Thousands of similar Mirena IUD lawsuits have been filed. These Mirena IUD lawsuits make nearly identical claims of over-promotion and uterine damage. The Mirena lawsuits have been grouped together in a sort of group litigation called a multidistrict litigation, or MDL. MDLs are a type of group lawsuit, similar in some ways to a class action lawsuit. In both MDLs and class action lawsuits, a group of plaintiffs allege that they have suffered similar harm at the hands of the same defendant. The main difference is that class action lawsuits are group lawsuits from the beginning, while MDLs start out as individual lawsuits and are later combined into a coordinated MDL.

The Mirena IUD lawsuit is Janet Williams v. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Case No. 2:14-cv-1013, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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