Essure® contraceptive implants, suspected of triggering many side effects and monitored since 2015, will not be withdrawn from the market, at least not immediately. In December 2016, three members of the association benefiting from the device and having declared significant side effects filed a complaint against Bayer HealthCare. They were recently received by the ANSM (National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) and the Ministry of Health.
According to Me Joseph-Oudin, lawyer for the three plaintiffs interviewed by Le Monde, “the ANSM and the office of the Minister of Health are well aware that there is a problem linked to the installation of the Essure device and its composition. But they are awaiting the conclusions in a few weeks of two epidemiological studies. One carried out by ANSM using data from Medicare, and another requested from Bayer by the Food and Drug Administration, the American health authority ”.
200 cases in progress
In this context, theRESIST association (Mutual Aid, Support and Information Network on Tubal Sterilization) to which the complainants belong, calls on “women questioning the choice of the Essure® method as a definitive means of contraception, to apply the precautionary principle themselves. waiting for the results of studies to be made public ”. The Essure implant is an alternative method of permanent contraception to tubal ligation. This involves placing a small spring in the tubes to trigger healing and block them. Hundreds of cases of various side effects have been reported: muscle, pelvic and joint pain, bleeding periods, organ perforations, allergic reactions … Maître Joseph-Oudin hopes to obtain from Bayer HealthCare the support of the expertises for which he is responsible. estimates the cost at 3000 to 4000 euros per complainant. According to him, “around 200 files are in the process of being put together. This would be a good way for Bayer to show its intention to shed light on this matter. “
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