Popularity of NuvaRing & IUDs Increase Risk of Side Effects
By Andrea Gressman
The use of birth control options, like IUD’s and NuvaRing, has increased substantially. A government report indicated that 1 out of every 9 women face the possibility of becoming pregnant unintentionally due to lack of birth control use. It is believed that this revelation is one of the main reasons of the increased use of intrauterine implant devices, like NuvaRing and other IUD’s. With increased use, there is also the increased risk of NuvaRing side effects, which will eventually lead to many more NuvaRing lawsuits.
An analysis of data concerning 12,000 women, all aged 15 to 44, was compared to the data collected from about 11,000 women in 1995. The comparison was made by National Care Center for Health Statistics’ researchers. The NCCH is a section of CDC (Centers of Disease Control).
Sixty-two percent of reproductive aged women use some form of birth control, with 28% of women favoring the pill, with 27% favoring sterilization. These findings are nearly of precise proportions with those findings of 1995.
IUD and NuvaRing use increased seven fold from 0.8% in 1995 to 5.6%, a rise referred to as “striking” by Dr. James Trussel. He serves at Princeton University’s Office of Population Research as a faculty associate. However, it is important to note the he had no involvement in the study.
Concerning a misconception that IUDs and NuvaRing can only be used by women who have delivered children, the Gynecologists’ Committee on Adolescent Health Care and the American Congress Obstetricians moved forward in correcting this misconception. An opinion paper was published by the committee, which concluded that greater access to long-acting contraceptives that are reversible may be of greater advantage to high-risk teens for pregnancy.
However, the increased use of these items, like NuvaRing, increases the side effects of such implant devices. Therefore, the number of NuvaRing implant side effects is going to increase the number of NuvaRing lawsuits.
Teens Favoring More Convenient Birth Control Options – Like NuvaRing
More teens have favored contraceptives based on hormones, including the pill, moving away from condoms, which was shown in a new report. Researchers found that condom use among women aged 15-19 dropped by 45% since 1995. Several factors, including the aforementioned change, a rise in contraceptive use, and multiple methods for contraceptives, like NuvaRing, are directly associated with a recent drop in teen birth rates.
Researcher Jo Jones, a demographer and statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics said that what was striking was the use of more modern forms of contraceptives by women of color and younger women. Numerous hormonal methods for birth control have become available since 1990. One is NuvaRing, a vaginal ring that is designed to remain in the vagina for three weeks, and then is taken out for a week. Another is the Ortho Evra, a skin patch that is changed every week.
However, it is also clear by the number of NuvaRing lawsuits being filed by younger women that they are not aware of the potential side effects NuvaRing has been associated with.
Common NuvaRing Side Effects
Many women of all ages continue to use NuvaRing as their birth control. However, many women are completely unaware of the very serious side effects the birth control has been linked to. Here are some of the side effects associated with NuvaRing:
* Stroke
* Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
* blood clots
* heart attack
* Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
If you have experienced one of these side effects and want help filing a NuvaRing lawsuit, visit the NuvaRing Birth Control Class Action Lawsuit Settlement & Investigation page and received your free consultation from a qualified NuvaRing lawsuit attorney.
Updated November 15th, 2012
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