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• Mirena Lawsuits Claim IUD Side Effects Triggered Pseudotumor Cerebri

  February 20, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  A growing number of women are pursuing lawsuits after developing severe headaches, vision problems and permanent damage to the optic nerve caused by pseudotumor cerebri triggered by a Mirena IUD birth control implant. A panel of federal judges will decide whether to centralize the litigation during a hearing next month.

• Mirena IUD Problems from Pseudotumor Cerebri Caused Vision Loss, Sixth Nerve Palsy: Lawsuit

  February 13, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman indicates that problems from the Mirena IUD birth control implant caused her to suffer from pseudotumor cerebri, indicating that the dangerous build up of fluid pressure around the brain caused her to suffer double vision, blurred vision, and permanent optic nerve damage.

• Laundry Detergent Pods Eye Burn Injuries Among Children Rose Sharply in Recent Years: Report

  February 3, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report warns of increasing child eye injury risks from laundry detergent pods.

• Bayer Opposed MDL Request for Mirena Pseudotumor Cerebri Lawsuits

  February 2, 2017

  Austin Kirk

  Bayer has filed a brief in opposition to the consolidation of Mirena IUD lawsuits filed over pseudotumor cerebri claims in federal courts nationwide.

• Mirena Lawsuit Claims IIH/PTC Complications Caused Papilledema and Sixth Nerve Palsy

  January 23, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  Side effects of a Mirena IUD implant caused a dangerous buildup of fluid pressure around a Georgia woman's brain, known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) or pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), resulting in severe vision problems and nerve damage to the woman's eye muscles.

• Mirena Intracranial Hypertension Lawsuit Centralization Sought Again with JPML

  January 3, 2017

  Austin Kirk

  With more than 100 Mirena lawsuits pending in 17 different federal district courts involving women who have suffered intracranial hypertension caused by the birth control device, a new request has been filed to establish coordinated pretrial proceedings before one judge.

• Mirena IIH/PTC Complications Caused Headaches, Vision Loss: Lawsuit

  December 29, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  According to allegations in a recently filed lawsuit, a Mirena IUD birth control implant caused a woman to suffer severe headaches, vision loss and other complications from pseudotumor cerebri (PTC)/idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).

• Mirena IIH/PTC Lawsuit Claims Bayer Misled Women About IUD Hormone Levels

  December 8, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer failed to warn women and the medical community about the risk of IIH/PTC from side effects of the Mirena IUD, which may cause severe headaches and vision problems due to a build up of fluid pressure on the brain, according to a recently filed lawsuit.

• Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy Should Get Eye Exams: Study

  November 17, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that most children with spastic cerebral palsy have eye problems and should get an eye exam.

• Mirena PTC Lawsuit Filed Over Vision Problems, Severe Headaches

  November 9, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  The Mirena IUD birth control implant allegedly caused a West Virginia woman to develop a serious medical condition known as pseudotumor cerebri, or PTC, resulting in severe headaches, vision loss and other problems.