Experiencing pain after Essure implantation may indicate that the popular birth control device has caused dangerous complications.

If you have experienced pain after Essure and discover major side effects, you may be able to file an Essure lawsuit.

Essure Background

Essure is a popular form of permanent birth control, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminsitration (FDA) in 2002.

The Essure device is made up of two metal coils which are implanted in a woman’s fallopian tubes and, after months allowing the tissue to grow in around them, are intended to block the fallopian tubes entirely and prevent pregnancy.

Bayer Healthcare has long marketed its Essure device as a safe and effective method of permanent birth control. However, lawsuits allege that Bayer pushed this marketing angle to boost its Essure sales, since the company was deep in debt at the time of Essure’s release onto the market.

As a result of Bayer’s heavy and consistent marketing of Essure as a safer and more effective form of permanent birth control than is competitors, a large number of women are implanted with the device yearly.

Hundreds of thousands undergo procedures to implant permanent birth control devices each year, and Essure is one of the most popular, because of Bayer’s successful marketing tactics, lawsuits claim.

But lawsuits now claim that Bayer (previously known as Conceptus) has known from the very beginning of the serious side effects linked with their Essure permanent birth control system, and rather than pull the product or provide patients adequate warning, chose to actively withhold a large amount of safety information pertaining to the device’s risks.

Essure Side Effects

Pain after Essure may indicate a number of serious side effects. Essure side effects lawsuits allege a number of serious Essure complications, including but not limited to the following:

• device migration
• hysterectomy
• abdominal pain
• pelvic pain
• back pain
• bloating
• weight gain
• heavy menstrual bleeding
• irregular menstrual cycles
• perforated organs
• ectopic pregnancy

Migration of Essure and organ perforation are two of the most dangerous Essure side effects. If the Essure device migrates from its placement it can perforate nearby organs, leading to some very dangerous complications.

Filing a Lawsuit over Pain After Essure

Plaintiffs allege that, had they been adequately informed of possible pain after Essure and these subsequent complications, they would never have been implanted with an Essure birth control device and effectively avoided these risks altogether.

If you or someone you love has suffered from pain after Essure or any of these side effects of the Essure permanent birth control device, you may be able to file an Essure side effects lawsuit.