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NuvaRing's death risk is based on its potential to cause life-threatening medical conditions such as:
Several deaths have been attributed to NuvaRing® use, but the FDA has not acted to ban the marketing and distribution of the NuvaRing. Some NuvaRing® deaths have been the basis of individual NuvaRing® lawsuits against the manufacturer of this relatively new contraceptive — the Schering-Plough corporation. NuvaRings were initially manufactured by Organon USA, but Schering-Plough bought Organon in late 2007.
One of the ways that NuvaRing-caused death can occur is when a blood clot breaks free from the vein where it formed and travels to the lungs, resulting in partial or complete obstruction of the blood flow to the lungs; this may or may not be fatal.
Most of the women who use a NuvaRing® are under 40 and thus not part of the elderly population that is prone to blood clots. Alarming reports of healthy young women experiencing a NuvaRing® pulmonary embolism, heart attack or stroke after using a NuvaRing® have been the basis of the more than 50 NuvaRing® lawsuits.
If someone in your family died when she was using NuvaRing® birth control, and you believe you may need legal assistance, contact a NuvaRing® attorney in your area that represents those who believe they have been injured by the NuvaRing.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Sipple announced that he elected to use the defendants’ proposed Plaintiff’s Fact Sheet when filing NuvaRing® MDL lawsuits. The fact sheet re...
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