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The NuvaRing injury lawyers at our firm are currently investigating injuries caused by  NuvaRing, a hormonal contraceptive manufactured by Organon.  Our NuvaRing injury lawyers are representing a number of women who suffered blood clots, strokes and other cardiac side effects as a result of NuvaRing use.  Our Nuvaring injury lawsuit lawyers are committed to making sure Organon is held accountable for the injuries caused by this defective contraceptive.

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Since being approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001, NuvaRing has been associated with a number of serious side effects, including blood clots, strokes and pulmonary embolism.  Our Nuvaring injury lawyers have concluded that the high number of injuries associated with Nuvaring is the result of a dangerous type of hormone emitted by the device.  The use of this hormone makes NuvaRing one of the most dangerous contraceptives on the market.

NuvaRing Side Effects

NuvaRing is a once-a-month contraceptive that consists of a small plastic ring that is inserted into the vagina and remains there for a three week period.  NuvaRing works by releasing hormones that prevent pregnancy from occurring.  All hormonal contraceptives carry some risk of cardiac side effects.  But since NuvaRing was introduced to the market, users have reported  more such side effects than are usually seen with other hormonal forms of birth control. These NuvaRing side effect reports include incidences blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolism and death

NuvaRing releases a combination of ethinyl estradiol, a form of the hormone estrogen, and etonogestral. Etonogestral is an active metabolite of desogestrel, a form of the hormone progestin.  In 2003 the New England Journal of Medicine published two studies that concluded that the use of low-estrogen oral contraceptives containing the progestin desogestrel significantly  increases the risk of venous thromboembolism, a potentially fatal type of  blood clot, more than low-estrogen birth control pills containing levonorgestrel.  Our NuvaRing injury lawyers have determined that the presence of the active desogestral metabolite etonogestral places NuvaRing users at a similarly high risk of venous thrombolembolsims, as well as other serious cardiac side effects.

In 2007, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen asked the FDA to ban oral contraceptives that  contained forms of desogestral because this dangerous progestin has been implicated in a higher risk of strokes, blood clots and other cardiovascular problems.  NuvaRing releases approximately 120 micrograms of etonogestral - an active desogestral metabolite - per day, a relatively high dose of this dangerous hormone.  The NuvaRing injury lawyers at our firm believe this high dose of etonogestral is responsible for the high number of cardiac side effects reports associated with NuvaRing.

 
Organon's Misleading NuvaRing Side Effect Claims

Organon's promotional literature for NuvaRing states that the dose of hormones released by the device is "low", and that it has a "low incidence of side effects, such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness" that is similar to oral contraceptives.  Our NuvaRing injury lawyers have determined that Organon's promotional claims are misleading, as the hormone formulation used in  NuvaRing exposes users to  an unnecessarily high risk of strokes, blood clots and other cardiovascular problems.

 
The labeling for NuvaRing does include some warnings regarding these dangerous cardiac side effects, but none of these warnings are emphasized and this could lead many NuvaRing users to believe that this device carries similar risks to oral contraceptives.  The NuvaRing injury lawyers at our firm have determined that this is not the case, and that NuvaRing exposes women to a higher risk of cardiac side effects than oral contraceptives.  Organon's failure to highlight the higher cardiac risks posed by NuvaRing constitutes negligence on the part of the drug maker.

Legal Help for NuvaRing Victims

The NuvaRing Injury attorneys at our firm are currently evaluating potential lawsuits against Organon for injuries caused by NuvaRing.  If you or a loved one suffered from blood clots, strokes or other cardiovascular problems that you suspect where the result of NuvaRing, you have valuable legal rights.  Please fill out our online form or call 1-800-LAW-INFO(1-800-529-4363)  for a free consultation with a qualified NuvaRing injury lawyer.