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Birth Control
Birth control drugs and devices should be safe and effective. But some birth control methods have been shown to increase the risk of blood clots, stroke, cancer, or physical injuries like uterine perforation. If you’ve been injured after using birth control, you have legal rights. At Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough, we’re committed to protecting to those rights. Our birth control (more...)
Essure
Essure is a permanent birth control implant manufactured by Bayer. An alternative to traditional “tube tying” tubal ligation surgeries, the Essure birth control device consists of two metal coils inserted into each fallopian tube during a quick, non-invasive procedure. Scar tissue forms in the fallopian tubes after Essure is in place, blocking sperm and preventing fertilization. More than half a (more...)
Drug injury may result from birth control pill
May 26, 2011 When a woman decides to take birth control, there are a few health risks she must consider, and drug injuries are a possibility. Yaz and Yasmin have been mentioned in the news several times for their known drug injuries, and the US Drug Watchdog is expanding its national investigation of both drugs, (more...)