Essure off the market July 21, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
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Pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced on Friday that it will halt US sales of its controversial sterilization device, Essure, in the face of lawsuits filed by more than 10,000 women who claim the birth control led to serious complications.
"This decision is based on a decline in U.S. sales of Essure in recent years and the conclusion that the Essure business is no longer sustainable," Bayer said in a statement Friday announcing that it will stop sales after Dec. 31. "We continue to stand behind the product's safety and efficacy."
Prior to this announcement, the US was the only country left in the world in which Essure was sold. In September 2017, the company had announced that it would halt sales in every country aside from the US, also citing commercial reasons.
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cfdavep
I wonder if it led to it's purpose of permanent sterilization and wanna moos are suing
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cfdavep
I wonder if it led to it's purpose of permanent sterilization and wanna moos are suing
No, the criticism is about the method itself. My government opened an inquiry into Essure, which is not something they would do if the concern was regret. I felt bullied into opting for Essure in order to access sterilization at all. Overall, my experience with Essure has been negative, while being sterilized remains a positive to me.
Of course this means that methods of sterilization continue to diminish (and let's not forget Essure killed Adana), but it's better to have fewer methods than unsafe ones.
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I felt bullied into opting for Essure in order to access sterilization at all.
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I felt bullied into opting for Essure in order to access sterilization at all.
That's just so wrong.
I was sterilized in 1998 and I had my tubes burned. I don't believe Essure was available then. Had it been later, I still would not have been a candidate because I am sensitive to nickel. I have a friend who is also sensitive to nickel and that ruled her out for Essure. It sounds as if she dodged a bullet.
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