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NuvaRing's death risk is based on its potential to cause life-threatening medical conditions such as:
Third-generation contraceptives such as NuvaRing and the Ortho Evra patch have been linked to an increased risk of NuvaRing death based on their use of etonogestrel, a form of the synthetic progestin hormone, desogestrel. Second-generation oral contraceptives such as the Pill do not contain etonogestrel.
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.
The respected consumer advocacy group Public Citizen called upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early 2007 to immediately ban all of the third-generation oral contraceptives containing desogestrel — including NuvaRing — due to their approximately doubled risk of inducing venous thrombosis (Nuvaring blood clots) and their lack of evidence of clinical benefit compared to the second-generation oral contraceptives.
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. As the Public Citizen letter to the FDA noted, "Evidence exists of a biological mechanism underlying the association between desogestrel and blood clots."
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, contact a NuvaRing attorney in your area that represents the victims of dangerous drugs and medical devices. Your losses may be eligible for a legal remedy.
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 requ...
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