A plaintiff has alleged in a lawsuit associated with the birth control Mirena that she suffered serious personal injuries about which she was never warned by the manufacturers of the medication. She has filed a lawsuit against the makers of the birth control Mirena, Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals.
The plaintiff in the birth control Mirena lawsuit alleges she had the device implanted in 2013 but ultimately began to experience headaches and light headedness. She says she underwent MRIs and diagnostic lumbar punctures after being diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri. In 2018, the plaintiff had her Mirena removed due to the allegedly serious side effects associated with the drug.
She alleges that she suffered personal injuries and was never told about the severe risks associated with the allegedly and unreasonably dangerous product manufactured by Bayer.
Filing a lawsuit could be the only recourse for someone who began taking a medication or using a medical device without being warned about the possible risks and side effects. A growing number of allegedly defective medical device lawsuits include similar claims, alleging that the risks were never presented to doctors or patients.
A patient who begins using a device and later discovers serious side effects may have grounds to file legal action to recover losses from the injuries and resulting medical bills. The birth control Mirena is one such medical device for which plaintiffs are accusing the manufacturer of a lack of warning.
Many different plaintiffs have come forward in other forms of lawsuits regarding the birth control Mirena after they developed medical conditions and problems, allegedly because of their use of the device. Mirena is an intrauterine system inserted by a health care practitioner during an office visit. It releases a prescription medication daily that works as a contraceptive.
Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals advertised, designed, marketed, distributed and promoted Mirena in the United States and it received FDA approval initially in December 2000 and again in 2009 for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding in women. More than 2 million women across the United States currently use the birth control Mirena and it has been used by more than 15 million women worldwide.
The package associated with the birth control Mirena contains some brief risks for potential patients including that it should be used in caution with women who have focal migraine, migraines or other women who have symptoms which could indicate serious transient cerebral ischemia.
Furthermore, the birth control Mirena has packaging information that explains that the intrauterine device may need to be removed if patients develop for the first-time migraines or focal migraines with asymmetrical visual loss.
Pseudotumor cerebri has also been associated as one of the serious side effects linked to birth control Mirena, but many patients who have developed this condition report that they were never told by the manufacturer about the risk and never discovered the problem until after they were diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri or similar conditions.
The Birth Control Mirena Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-CV-04480-PAE-JLC filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York.
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