Former NuvaRing users continue to warn other women about their own experiences with Organon Pharmaceutical’s vaginal contraceptive ring, such as blood clots, severe mood changes, anxiety, deep vein thrombosis, stroke, pulmonary embolism and other NuvaRing side effects. After an article in Marie Claire about the dangers of NuvaRing, former users posted their comments about the third-generation form of birth control. While some did not have any issue with the device, many more did. Here are some of those comments: Jennifer…
Former NuvaRing Users Warn Others Of Serious Side Effects
Patients implanted with Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants want the medical device giant to pay for regular medical monitoring for recipients of the company’s faulty hip implants. Many fear that the recalled Stryker hip implants may lead to serious injuries and the need for additional revision surgeries. Stryker Patients Fear Metallosis Since Stryker recalled its Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implant devices in July of 2012, patients have been concerned about the device’s metal parts fretting (wearing) and…
The first DePuy hip implant trial is currently underway and is revealing damaging information about the company’s actions concerning the metal-on-metal hip implant system which resulted in the 2010 recall of nearly 100,000 units. Recent testimony showed that DePuy’s president met with a California hip surgeon just months before the recall but never told the hip surgeon about known high failure rates. Failure To Warn Blanketed In Secrecy Secrecy surrounding a lunch meeting between DePuy’s president and high-profile hip implant…
The Driscoll Firm, LLC, is representing 38 plaintiffs named in the lawsuit filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court in Illinois, alleging that the manufacturer of Actos failed to warn of an increased risk of bladder cancer associated with the diabetes medication. St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) February 23, 2013 – Nationally recognized drug injury lawyer John J. Driscoll announced today that his firm is representing 38 plaintiffs who have filed a lawsuit in St. Clair County Circuit Court in Illinois…
Organon Pharmaceutical’s NuvaRing, a “third generation” of birth control, advertises that it contains a lower dose of hormones than other oral contraceptives. However, while oral contraceptives – such as birth control pills – lose up to half of their hormones in the body’s digestive tract, NuvaRing hormones are absorbed directly into the bloodstream. So, is that a good thing? The answer is that nobody seems to know. Fear Of The Unknown NuvaRing’s own labeling says that it is “unknown” how…
A Coloplast transvaginal mesh injury lawsuit recently filed by a woman who was seriously injured by the company’s Aris Transobturator Sling System alleges that the product is poorly designed and defective. She joins a host of other women, and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), who say that transvaginal mesh manufacturers need to do more research on why these mesh products are causing so many serious injuries. Lawsuit Alleges Risks Outweigh Potential Benefits While most medical devices and pharmaceuticals…
Although NuvaRing, Merck & Company’s vaginal contraceptive device, is most commonly linked to Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Metrorrhagia, hundreds of other injuries have also been reported. Some of the most recent NuvaRing injury reports include Cardiac Failure, Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) and Cholelithiasis. NuvaRing Side Effects According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the three most commonly reported NuvaRing side effects include Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Metrorrhagia: Deep Vein Thrombosis…
Details in the first DePuy hip replacement lawsuit trial shed more light into why the medical device giant failed to recall its defective ASR hip implants sooner. A recently released deposition of DePuy’s President, Andrew Ekdahl, casts even more doubt on the company’s concerns for safety. Devices Allegedly Not Recalled For Safety Reasons According to a recent Bloomberg article, Ekdahl said that DePuy’s ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement devices were not recalled for safety reasons, but because they, “did not meet…
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical’s Mirena IUD increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy – a life-threatening condition to a mother and a fatal condition for her child. The issue is at the core of a Mirena injury lawsuit recently filed against the pharmaceutical giant. Latest Mirena IUD Injury Lawsuit The latest Mirena intrauterine device injury lawsuit filed against Bayer by a Minnesota woman claims that her implanted Mirena contraceptive device failed after three years. A sonogram showed that it had perforated her…
The Driscoll Firm, LLC, is now reviewing cases involving the illness in infants who were given a formula thickening additive that is being looked at by the FDA for a link to a potentially deadly intestinal disease. St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2013 – Nationally recognized defective medical products lawyer John J. Driscoll announced today that his law firm is now reviewing cases involving a potentially deadly illness that may be connected to SimplyThick, an additive used to thicken…
