Bayer Introduces New IUD to Replace Mirena Side Effects

By Sarah Mirando | January 29, 2013

Category: Pharmaceuticals

By John Curran

This site has previously covered the fact that Bayer Pharmaceutical is willing to pay to make oral contraceptive side effects cases go away by offering lawsuit settlements to victims of Yaz and Yasmin blood clots. A similar situation may be developing with claims involving Mirena IUD side effects, which can include spontaneous migration, infertility and severe pelvic pain. Some believe Bayer is trying to avoid facing more lawsuits over Mirena side effects by introducing a generic version of the intrauterine device.

The new device is called Skyla, and according to reports it is the first new intrauterine device to be approved in a dozen years. Coincidentally, the length of a patent is 20 years, and Mirena has been on the market since the early 1990s. It is unclear, however, whether or not the Skyla IUD will be any safer. As this site has previously noted, Mirena IUD side effects like ectopic pregnancy are included in the Skyla product warning information.

There are enough changes in the generic IUD that it received a new patent, including the use of a smaller dosage of chemicals that limits the effectiveness to three years versus five years with the earlier contraceptive option. However, many Mirena IUD lawsuit attorneys question whether there will be enough of a difference, and the product warning labeling will do little to dispel that.

No reports exist as to whether or not Bayer was able to take advantage of the FDA’s streamlined approval process. It allows medical devices that are markedly similar to earlier products to go on the market with less clinical data than completely new products. If that is the case, Skyla users may find themselves in the same boat as Mirena IUD side effects victims. In the first few years, their adverse side effect reports will serve as a clinical trial to see whether or not Bayer got it right. Based on past evidence, it may not be as successful as the medical device maker or indeed the FDA thought that it would be.

Women who have dealt with problems with intrauterine devices may be in permanent pain, or wondering if and when they’ll ever be able to start a family. Among the many options available, pursuing a legal remedy may make sense for many women. Get a free consultation with a Mirena IUD lawsuit attorney at the Mirena IUD Injury Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Investigation. Pursuing a claim against Bayer Pharmaceutical may not be able to reverse infertility, but it could help with other needs.

Updated January 29th, 2013

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