The Essure device was touted as a radical breakthrough for women who had finished having children. But 1000 of them will on Tuesday go to court saying it caused them pain and suffering.
Hundreds of Australian women who underwent a contraceptive procedure touted as a “radical breakthrough” in birth control endured such severe side effects they had hysterectomies, according to lawyers representing them.
Sydney mother-of-four Jackie Sacqualini claims she was “often” or “regularly” encouraged by a researcher to approve changes to her pain diaries for the year after she underwent the Essure sterilisation procedure, then known as STOP.“She [the researcher] used to say to me all the time, ‘I know how tough you are. C’mon, I know you.’ And I would think, ‘OK, look, maybe I was having a bad day and maybe it was only a five or six.’ And then she would change it in the diary, and get me to initial it.
Slater and Gordon Lawyers is representing about 1000 women in the court action against Bayer and other related companies. “It is important to understand that adverse reports do not make any determination or conclusion about whether a medical device had any relationship to, or caused, the injury.” Monique Emmett said she suffered extreme pain after she was fitted with the Essure contraceptive device. This photo was taken after it was removed.
“I don’t have brain fog. I haven’t had migraines, I can help my children … take them to sport and run around. I feel like I’m a completely different person,” Emmett said.A hazard alert was issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration related to the Essure in 2017 after a study ordered by the US Food and Drug Administration found that patients tended to have a higher rate of pain and abnormal bleeding compared to those who had their tubes tied.
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