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Mirena IUD Lawsuits

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A number of women have reported suffering serious and debilitating injuries from side effects of Mirena IUD, where the implanted birth control increases fluid pressure in the brain, causing migraines and permanent vision loss. There are also claims that it perforates the uterus, migrates to other areas of the body and causes infections or other problems.

MIRENA IUD LAWSUIT STATUS: Financial compensation may be available through a Mirena IUD lawsuit as a result of the manufacturer’s failure to adequately warn about the risks associated with the device.

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Lawyers are reviewing potential Mirena cases for women throughout the United States who have suffered:

MANUFACTURER: Bayer

OVERVIEW: Mirena, which is sometimes referred to as an IUD (Intrauterine Device) or IUS (Intrauterine System) is a long-acting form of birth control that is placed into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. The IUD disrupts the connection between the egg and sperm, and Merina also releases levonorgestrel, a progestin that helps keep the woman’s ovaries from releasing eggs.

Mirena was approved by the FDA in 2000, and use has grown in recent years amid heavy promotion as a hassle-free form of birth control that lasts for 5 years or longer. The manufacturer has been attempting to promote Mirena IUD to appeal to younger and younger women and girls, despite serious risks that they may not be adequately disclosing or warning about.

MIRENA LITIGATION STATUS UPDATE: Although the Mirena warning labels do indicate that there is a risk of perforation, the information provided to consumers and the medical community suggests that such problems only occur during insertion of the IUD, which is misleading and inaccurate. A large number of women have experienced “spontaneous” Mirena IUD complications that may occur years after the device was inserted.

Lawsuits over Mirena migration problems have been centralized at the state level in New Jersey Superior Court in Bergen County as part of an MCL, or Multicounty Litigation. At the federal level, all Mirena IUD injury lawsuits have been centralized and consolidated for pretrial proceedings before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel in the Southern District of New York. In August 2016, Judge Seibel dismissed all federal Mirena IUD migration lawsuits, but state lawsuits and claims of other injuries, like pseudotumor cerebri, were unaffected.

However, in April 2017, all Mirena pseudotumor cerebri lawsuits were consolidated in a new MDL in the U.S. District Court for Southern New York before District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer

MIRENA IUD PROBLEMS: A number of potentially serious problems and complications have been associated with Mirena IUD side effects, some of which the manufacturer may not have adequately researched or warned about, including:

  • Pseudotumor cerebri/idiopathic intracranial hypertension: An increase in cerebrospinal fluid which causes pressure on the skull, resulting in migraines, vision loss and other problems.
  • Uterus Perforation: Mirena may puncture the uterus or embed in the uterine wall. Mirena IUD perforation can cause internal scarring, infection or damage to other organs and may result in the need for surgery.
  • Migration: Delayed detection of a perforation may allow the Mirena IUD to migrate through the intraabdominal cavity, potentially resulting in intestinal peforations, intestinal obstruction, absecesses or adhesions.
  • Expulsion: Partial or complete expulsion of Mirena IUD may occur. It may be more common among younger women using Mirena IUD, women who have not had children or women who have the device inserted immediately after childbirth or abortion.
  • Infection: As a result of infection from Mirena IUD, women could suffer serious scarring that may deminish fertility or their ability to conceive, and in severe cases infection may be life-threatening and result in death from Mirena.

An analysis released in May 2013 by a private company found that the FDA had received more than 47,000 reports of Mirena IUD injuries and complications between November 1997 and late August 2012. Most of the problems involved the Mirena being expelled from women’s bodies, migrating to different locations, or causing vaginal hemorrhaging.

A report issued by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices in January 2018 found that the number of adverse events reported to the FDA involving the Mirena IUD outnumbered reports concerning all other leading birth control methods combined.

BAYER ADVERTISING WARNING: In December 2009, the FDA issued a warning letter to Bayer over its promotions of Mirena. The FDA accused the drug manufacturer of overstating the efficacy of Mirena, presenting unsubstantiated claims, minimizing the risks of Mirena and using false and misleading presentations.

The FDA accused Bayer of organizing live in-home Mirena promotional events that claimed that the use of the IUD would improve couples’ relationships and sex lives. They also blasted the company for telling women that using Mirena would help them “look and feel great.” The FDA said that there was no evidence the device did any such thing.

The FDA also pointed out that at least 5% of Mirena IUD recipients reported decreased libido in clinical trials, which would certainly not help a couple’s intimacy or sex life. They also noted that women using Mirena had reported side effects including irregular bleeding, ovarian cysts, back pain, weight increase, breast pain and tenderness, and acne. None of those things will help someone look or feel “great,” FDA officials said.

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471 Comments


Kari
I am finding that alot of women are reporting another issue with Merina. The issue being premature menapause caused by Merina. I am one such woman. I had Merina for five years and had it removed last March. I am now having the following symptoms; headaches heart palpations night sweats hot flashes decreased libido vaginal dryness mood swings. I went to my primary doctor and he stated I am in premature ovarian failure and I am only 38. I am finding alot of other woman who were put on Merian are also in full menapause at an early age. This side effect is not listed by Merina as well. I am wondering if there is a lawsuit in the works agaist Merina dealing with premature menapause. Have any of you had this problem as well? I am going to my obgyn in three weeks to confirm this diagnosis. Thanks

Shelly
Hi I have had mine for about 3 years now and I have been to the doctor several times since they checked it the couple weeks after getting it and they have not been able to remove it without causing me serious pain and I need to have it removed via surgery. I am afraid that it may be attached to my uterus somehow. I unfortunately have not been able to have it removed yet due to no insurance. I like so many people on here have multiple symptoms which include the following….. very bad abdomanal pain like a full blown contractions sometimes weight gain (no change in diet or excercise) headaches like every day some worse then others tired all the time hurts during sex no energy spot after sex all the time abdominal pains lower back pains reverse periods (3 weeks on and 1 week break) constant vaginal odor very low sex drive I need to get this out and don’t know how without insurance. If anyone has any ideas please shoot them my way……..I want my life back in every way!!!!

Tiffanie
I had Mirena inserted about 8 weeks after I had my 4th baby. The procedure (insertion) was AWFUL and the pain from just having it put in lasted close to a week. It took a few months and some research to connect the dots and decide that my severe back pain, ovarian cysts, headaches, tremendous weight gain, hair loss, crazy new hair growth(in very embarrassing places), acne, depression and the list goes on, were connected to this HORRID device. I have had it out now for about 18 months and I am sad to say that I am still suffering from most of the effects. The back pain is the worst, almost debilitating, and I’ve been to several specialists and had MANY tests( 2 MRI’s, 2 CT’s, numerous X RAY’s, cytso, and even a colonoscopy) and no one can find the problem. I want my life back!! I can never get back the time I have lost with my babies because I hurt too bad to get off of my heating pad, and my kids will always look back on this time of their lives and remember mama being sad, crying, sick, hurt, and in their eyes lazy (b/c I CAN’T get up and play). The makers of this thing are responsible, however, we ALL trusted our doctors and they let us down as well. I believe that my OBGYN is as responsible for my problems as Bayer because not only did she push this on me, she dismissed every single side effect when I came to her for help. “That is NOT a side effect of Mirena.” “I can’t find any problem that would lead to your complaint.” etc. I would LOVE to know just exactly what kind of throw-back these Dr.’s are getting from the manufacturer. I want this THING off the market, I want more research done, and I want these people to publicly recognize and admit that THEY WERE WRONG and that this device and the Dr’s that push it are responsible for severly altering the quality of life for many, many women.

Sabrina
Up until today, when I read this site, I thought I was loosing my mind and was ready to voluntarily commit myself. I got Mirena 25 months ago and my life has been a living hell all but the first 3 months. Physically, I have experienced cramps, sharp abdominal pain, back pain, drowsiness, migraines, dizziness, blurred vision, spontaneous lactation, sore/swollen breast, drops in blood pressure, loss of appetite, nausea, pain and spotting after sex, metallic body oder, and hair loss. Mentally, I have suffered from anxiety attacks, violent mood swings, episodes of uncontrollable crying that last anywhere from a few hours to a few days and severe depression. I visited my GYN more that usual in the past 2 years with complaints as the symptoms arose. She treated the symptoms and contributed them to the amount of stress I was encountering at work and school. I was prescribed pain medications and anti-depressants but not once did she suggest removing the device. Since then, I have had to leave my job, as a result lost my house and am more miserable than I would have ever imagined. I can honestly say that Mirena has ruined my life. I was prescribed Mirena because of my very long, super heavy, painful periods and the promise of being able to live a full life without the worry of being bed confined 7-10 days of every month. Instead, I am an unemployed, walking time bomb with limited social interactions. I have no children and now fear that once this device is removed I will never be able to.

Proud Momma
The Mirena almost destroyed my life, but after TONS of searching, I found a natural detox that took my symtoms away (mine were AWFUL anxiety attacks, no libido, back pain, abdominal pain, mood swings…you name it.) I’m better now, but I’m on a “mission” to help as many women as I can find relief. I have all of the information on a blog that I’ve written. The address is mylifeafternirena(dot)blogspot(dot)com. I pray that it works for you as it did me. This device is a MONSTER, and SHAME ON YOU, BAYER for doing it to so many of us….knowing this….and STILL not doing anything about it.

Claudia
hi, I had mirena insert on february of 2007, six months after the birth of my second child, i had some side effects like lower libido, mood swing,etc but the major thing was when I was diagnosted, with breast cancer on september of 2008, about 18 months after a had insert mirena , I was 35 at time, no family history of cancer.I just remember that after mirena i was not feeling so well, besides the side effects that i alrealdy mention. I was at de doctors almost every month with diferent litlle things , and I was always very tired. My OB and my primary Doctor were telling me that I had nothing to worry about, That the way that I was felling was normal for a mother with 2 young children, and at age of 35 they don’t send you for mamograms, I just thank God that a tumor pop out, with gave me a change to get treatment, and be to alive today .

Sarah
helllo out there! maybe someone out there can help me out i am 20 yrs old i have two beautiful children but i got mirena about a year and a half or so ago and since then i have had the worst stomach pain any one could endure lower back pain and pelvic pain and every time i go to my doctor they tell me nothing is wrong with you and send me back home and the pain continues im to the point that i dont know what to do or say..

Nicole
hi i have had mine for about 2 1/2 years now and i have not been to the doctor since they checked it the couple weeks after getting it i have multiple symptoms in which i do not know is the cause but they are as followed very bad abdomanal pain like a full blown contraction, rapid weight gain like a pound a week headach like every day some worse then others tired all the time syrup smell down below and when i am peeing hurts during sex no energy acasional harp pains in my butt that actually makes me jump up spot after sex sometimes blood in urine and stool at times frequent peeing stomach pains lower and upper back pains loss of breath tender breast under the boob sore muscles all the time i went to the ER two times the past year first time i had a lump on my rib and they took x rays and said oh its probbably on infection and gave me penasillion and sent me on my way it help for a little while then a couple months latter i went in and they said all my syptoms are of MONO they did the test and it was neggative but said they come back negative somethimes we still think it is MONO and gave me penacillion to help with any infection and pain killers to ease the pain it helped for a couple weeks then the sypmtioms slowely started coming back then about four weeks ago i had a three day epasode to where i went home i was in so much pain then i laid in bed and when i got up to go to the kitchen to get some water i calapsed to the ground i was in so much pain and couldnt breath. the pain not as bad but lasted for three days.

April
i had the iud mirena put in 3mths after i had my child. I have had mood swings dizzines head pain ive gained 50 lbs i with no change in diet i had the iud removed and it hasent changed anything now me and my husband want another baby we have been trying for 2yrs with dr help with no sucess i fear that my child will be the only one that will ever have i feel like somthing has been stole from me

Monica
I have an appointment to have my Mirena removed in January after having it in place for three years. I was told when I had it inserted that 90% of women experienced no menstral bleeding whatsoever with MIrena – yet I bled for the first three months non stop. Then I had what I called “reverse periods” which were on for three weeks of bleeding, and a one week break. After a few months, I developed SEVERE acne that could not be treated with any prescription or over the counter medicine. Around that same time, I started to get migraine headaches (which I did not associate with Mirena until later). I also experience extreme breast swelling and tenderness for about 1 1/2 weeks out of every month. It gets so bad that I have to wear a sports bra over my regular bra, it hurts to lift my arms over my head, and I have to put ice packs on my breasts at night to ease the pain. The reason I have waited three years to get this removed is because my doctor told me most side effects are only temporary. The excessive bleeding and severe acne did go away after several months, but it has been a long time and the headaches and breast swelling persist. It’s time for me to get my life back. I just hope I don’t suffer as some of these others have with adverse effects after removal!

Janiece
I was on Mirena since January of 2010. By November of 2010, I was pregnant and Mirena is nowhere to be found. Dr. and I are now in the process of scheduling an Xray in order to make sure it has not traveled to my liver. I wouldn’t recommend Mirena to anyone.

krystal
i had the mirena put in in 2008 and it was very very painful going in , the cramping after nad the bleeding was awful. i had it until this year when i had enough of the pain , i had two misscarriges with it because part of it fell out and i got pregnant , i went to my obgyn and he tried to take it out in office and that was painfull and couldnt get it out , then had to do surgry to get it out and it left me with three scars because it was embeded in to my utrus wall and was stuck ! this is the worse birthcontrol ever !! i am looking in to a lawsuit for it.

Lonese
I was uneasy about getting the Mirena. I have always used the “pill” at the beginning, but I had to quite that because it made me sick. But after reading about Mirena I thought it would be the right thing for me to get. I had just had my 4th child and I did not want any more. I have had the Mirena since Feb. of 2007 and it is suppose to last 5 years. I have experienced severe migraines, lower back and pelvic pain, breast soreness, moodiness, depression, crying for no reason, weight increase, ovaries feeling like they are about to pop, just so much discomfort. Sometimes during intercourse with my husband he would tell me it would poke him. Not what I exspected at all from Mirena. I am running to get this out as soon as possible.

NLasher
I had Mirena inserted in Mar 2007 and started having severe migraines in 2008. In Feb of 2010 I had it removed due to sever pelvic cramps and bleeding, not to mention still suffering with migraines. In May 2010 I was put on medical leave because my bladder was not working right and I had what they thought were kidney stones but were actually very large ovarian cysts. In July 2010 I ended up having to have a complete hysterectomy not by choice. I have never had female problems in the past and have 4 beautiful children. I truly feel that now at the age of 36 I am was put into surgical menopause all because I was told what a wonderful form of birth control Mirena is and how it would change my life. I didnt expect my life to change like this. Now I am on artificial hormones for who knows how long.

Melissa
I have have the mirena in place for nearly 3 years now. I have seveer night sweats, loss of libido, depsression and a genearl feeling of weakness. I have done considerable research online and believe that only the mirena could be the culprit. Again like many of the other posts I’ve read, After numberous tests with no results and feeling like you’re crazy., I have made an appointment to have mine removed. I do not feel optimistic for what’s to come. I have a sick feeling that at 33, Mirena has forced me into early menopuase. I don’t want money from a lawsuit. I just want my life back.

J. Pierce
I had Mirena inserted around April 2003 or sooner – not certain of the date. Like other women, I had severe abdominal pain after the insertion which made it difficult for me to walk without severe discomfort. My doctor told me that it was because the Mirena had to “settle” in my uterus. She took me out of work for 1 week so that I could have some recovery time out of work. I worked in corrections and standing for extended periods of time and excessive walking was unberable. Ultimately, the pain dissapated and I was able to resume normal activities. I had the Mirena IUD removed around October 2006 with the hopes of becoming pregnant. As of January 2010, I have been unable to become pregnant. I decided to get back on BC again and decided to use Orthotricycline LO. I took this BC from Jan 2010 to March 2010. I decided to stop the BC because my husband and I wanted to try again to get pregnant. So far as of Nov. 23, 2010, we have still been unsucessful. I am so concerned now that Mirena may have caused me to become infertile and that is why I am now unsuccessful with conceiving. I mean it has been 4 years with no success. The only way to verify this is to address my concerns with my OBGYN and see if everything is functioning properly in order to rule out Mirena as a contributing factor. It does concern me since I had my daughter with no problems prior to Mirena.

Tracie R
I had the Mirena inserted 8 weeks after giving birth. It dislodged in less than three months, was stuck under – and perforated my uterus. Had to have laproscopic surgery to remove it, which was another week off of work in addition to the fourth months off for maternity due to complications. Nearly lost my job over all the time off. Luckily I didn’t have it in long enough to suffer any of the OTHER side effects I read about.

J Q
I had the Mirena in for a year and 2mths. The Mirena was so pain I could not walk, play with my son, I was depressed all the time. I could not sleep unless I take pain medications. It got to the point where the Doctor that inserted the Mirena in for me to get a Hysterectomy to be done with the pain. I am now still dealing with pain and infections I got the Mirena took out back in October 2009. Someone Please Help me. GOD knows I need it.

M. Rodriguez
I had Mirena inserted 1 1/2 year ago, I had many side affects, but worst off all i just found out Im pregnant with IUD, and it canot be removed because of the risk of abortion. I’m scared to death because I know all the risk that comes with being pregnant with IUD in place, 50% chance of miscarrying or even perforation that can cause infection and even worse death. This is happening to many women not just 1/1000 there is absoultley a malfunction in this device!!

Eboni
I had the Mirena inserted December 2009 and after months of discomfort and irregular bleeding, I had it removed in May 2010. A month later, I began bleeding large amounts of blood along with blood clots. The following month, i found myself having to get rushed to the hospital where I received 2 blood transfusions, as well as being told that I was experiencing Progestin withdrawal, I was diagnosed with Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, and Anemia, and they have found fibroids in my uterus. The ER doctors put me on another form of birth control to try to counteract with the side effects of the Mirena, but the bleeding has not stopped. Now several doctors have told me that if this next form of birth control doesn’t work, the next step will have to be a hysterectomy (I am only 24). Since then, I have had to receive more transfusions, and have been told that I am bleeding to death every month. I am now bed ridden and unable to work to provide for my family.

Amanda
I have had the Mirena IUD for about 3 years now. I went to my obgyn to get it inserted after being told that it was amazing birthcontrol with no side effects and that it was painless to insert. Getting the mirena put in was extremely painful for me! I could barely walk afterwards and had trouble driving home. I was bedridden for days bc the pain was so bad. The side effects i experienced initially were lower pelvic pain, lower back pain, extreme breast pain and awful migranes. Within months i gained 30 lbs with no change to my diet. The other side effects never went away but depression, moodiness, bouts of crying and acne were added to the list. It has been 3 years of hell. Im still 30lbs heavier and have extreme breast and back pain and have also been diagnosed with high blood pressure, joint and muscle pain and have had several pelvic infections that may have left enough scar tissue to not allow me to have any more children. I am a 30 year old mother of one child and i feel like this birth control has ruined my life.

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