The Food and Drug Administration has received thousands of reports of complications linked to the Paragard copper IUD, including nearly 2,000 reports that were deemed “serious”. More than 100 additional reports involved women who were hospitalized or experienced life-threatening side effects from Paragard. (more…)
Lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of the copper IUD ParaGard allege that design and manufacturing defects in this birth control device make it prone to break while it is being removed. When this occurs, women with ParaGard may experience serious, painful, and potentially deadly side effects. (more…)
The copper IUD Paragard is prone to break when it is being removed from a woman’s body, which can lead to severe pain, infections, organ perforation, infertility, or other side effects. Several recent lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of Paragard by women whose IUD broke while they were being removed, causing serious and potentially deadly side effects. (more…)
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled that more than four dozen lawsuits filed by women who experienced side effects from the copper IUD Paragard should be consolidated in a multidistrict litigation in Georgia. The manufacturers of Paragard are also facing dozens of additional lawsuits filed by women with complications from the birth control device. (more…)
