Essure problems

Rough Week For Government-Run Healthcare.

In a press release today, KPW Law firm announced that the Five Pennsylvania Essure cases made it past preemption!

Twelve years ago I choose to have the Essure procedure done thinking I wouldn’t be having children again. After the procedure I started having weird symptoms of things and the doctors couldn’t figure it out. Until my life changed over night and I finally landed my soul mate. I started seeing a new doctor and she new as soon as she saw on my chart what my problem was and said I need to have the Essure device removed immediately.

U.S. activist Erin Brockovich (pictured) is campaigning to have the Essure sterilisation device pulled after more than 21,000 women claim to have been left with severe side affects.

You are not alone!!

Over 750,000 women received Essure permanent birth control since the device’s FDA approval in 2002. Of these, at least 16,000 women filed lawsuits due to serious complications. Many women opt for Essure removal, which can lead to even more health problems. While Essure removal is a good first step to alleviating your symptoms, doing it the right way preserves evidence to use later in court. Visit our website to learn more.

The women say the Essure implant may have caused wide-ranging problems, including chronic pain.

A lack of detailed information about Essure, a permanent birth control implant, and the adverse reactions women were having to it, put some women's health in jeopardy, a CBC News/Fifth Estate investigation found. The investigation also found that Health Canada, which is responsible for regulating medical devices, hasn’t been transparent about Essure's licencing or reporting problems with it.

A CONTROVERSIAL contraceptive implant has been removed from Australia years after reports of unintended pregnancies, chronic pain and medical problems surfaced.

In our first Q&A, MedTruth spoke with Angie Firmalino, a wife, mother and medical device safety advocate. She was recently featured in the Netflix documentary The Bleeding Edge, which intimately showcases her fight against the dangerous permanent birth control Essure. Firmalino, the founder of the Essure Problems support group, has been leading the charge to inform...