Nuvaring Lawsuit News | Birth Control Ring Side Effects

by Steve Fields on March 21st, 2009

NuvaRing side effects including blood clots, stroke and heart attack have been reported by women throughout the United States using this third generation form of birth control. Many women who have suffered side effects of NuvaRing have filed a Nuvaring lawsuit based on the argument that this birth control ring increased the risk of developing a life threatening blood clot. Some third generation contraceptives are associated with the hormone desogestrel which can cause changes in the blood clotting system allowing blood clots to form more easily. The birth control ring was approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) on October 3, 2001 and first marketed in the United States in July 2002. NuvaRing is used by approximately 1.5 million women worldwide.

Following the recent Supreme Court decision in Wyeth v. Levine, lawyers for the manufacturer of Nuvaring withdrew their motion for summary judgment they had filed in November 2008. The motion had argued that the manufacturer should be protected from state product liability Nuvaring lawsuits because the FDA approved the Nuvaring warning label. Plaintiff’s who had brought a Nuvaring lawsuit had claimed that the birth control ring failed to adequately warn consumers about the greater risk of developing blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism.

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