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Essure-Related Complications Still A Problem, Latest FDA Data Show

More women have had the device removed

 
• By Brian Bossetta

Interim data from two ongoing studies show more women have had the Essure birth control device removed while many are still experiencing adverse events, such as pain and bleeding.

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• Source: Alamy

Though no longer on the market, the Essure birth control device is still causing problems for many women who had them implanted, such as chronic abdominal pain, pelvic pain, and abnormal uterine bleeding. And many women are opting to have the devices removed.

Designed as an alternative to permanent birth control surgery, the tiny spring-like devices inserted into the fallopian tubes to block the fertilization of eggs received FDA-approval in 2002. However, after...

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