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Merck Faces Implanon Migration Class Action Lawsuit


A birth control lawsuit has been filed against Merck and it’s subsidiary Organon, over allegations that its Implanon birth control device migrates through the body, becoming irretrievable and exposing women who have had the device implanted to a continuing risk of potential side effects.

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July 2006, Implanon is a small, toothpick sized implant that is placed just under the skin in a woman’s upper arm. It is designed to release the progestin etonogestrel to prevent pregnancy over a three-year period. An estimated 500,000 American women have had the birth control implant inserted.

In 2011, officials in the UK reported that nearly 600 women had indicated that they got pregnant even with the birth control device. Similar concerns have been raised in the US by women who have undergone the implant.

The Implanon class action lawsuit is brought by Brook Reynolds, Robert Reynolds, Julie Reynolds, Jenni Akins, Major Akins and Ruby Ginns.

Brook Reynolds and her parents joined the lawsuit after Brook received an Implanon implant in her left arm in May 2012. In July 2014, when she went to have it removed, her physician was unable to locate it. To date, the device has still not been located in Brook’s body and is therefore irretrievable, putting her at unavoidable risk for health side effects connected with the device roaming through her body, including ectopic pregnancy and vascular damage.

Similarly, Ruby Ginns and Jenni Akins who had implants inserted in 2012, outline virtually identical stories to those of Brook Reynolds.

According to the complaint, the women and their family members claim that the manufacturers failed to adequately warn that the devices could migrate and become irretrievable.

Specifically, the complaint asserts that Merck and Organon manufactured and designed a defective medical device, failure to warn, strict liability, negligence, fraud by concealment, fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of warranty, infliction of emotional distress, and loss of consortium. The lawsuit seeks both punitive and compensatory damages. Merck Faces Implanon Migration Class Action Lawsuit Over Migration Injury Pending Against Against

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LEGAL ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

Implanon Lawsuits Still in Court One Year After FDA Warning Label Update
Implanon Lawsuits Still in Court One Year After FDA Warning Label Update
April 21, 2017
Washington, DC:March 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update of the warning label of the popular implantable birth control device Implanon to include risks of device migration. READ MORE

Court Rules Against Collecting Damages for Pregnancy After Birth Control Procedure
Court Rules Against Collecting Damages for Pregnancy After Birth Control Procedure
March 23, 2017
Portland, ME The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled recently that a woman who filed an Implanon lawsuit against Merck & Co. and a federally funded health center for a failed birth control procedure with an implantable device may not recover damages for an unplanned pregnancy. READ MORE

Implanon Complaints are Not without Precedent
Implanon Complaints are Not without Precedent
March 14, 2017
London, UK: For any plaintiff, or would-be plaintiff considering an Implanon birth control consumer fraud lawsuit, it would be useful to know that complaints against the implantable device (since replaced by Nexplanon) are nothing new. In 2011 The Guardian and Channel 4 News in the UK published a list of complaints that ranged from hundreds of unwanted pregnancies, to thousands of reports detailing adverse reactions. READ MORE

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I had the implanon implant inserted in June 2009 and had it removed in 2011 and ever since its been removed I have had different hormonal issues, I have not been able to get pregnant since I had the implant inserted (I got pregnant and was force to get it by my parents) I am 30 years old an I am currently going through early menopause, I have endometriosis, I can't get pregnant, I have serval overran cyst, and I was diagnosed with severe depression.

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I got the implanon implant in may 2010 and it as supposed to be removed may 2013 but it wasn’t able to be removed so I had it 5 additional years and I was hospitalized with dvt and pe
Which is blood clots in both of my lungs and legs and I was In the hospital for 6 days
The implant was removed in December 2018 and the blood clots went away

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I received the implanon dec.3012 and due to it being recalled when I move to ok from NC in 2014 when 2015 came an it was time to have it removed. Ok would not remove it the doctor's office that placed it had to remove it. I went back to NC in May 2018 and have been fighting blood clots in and out the hospital due to the blood clots since August 2018. On February 22 2019 I finally was able to get into the doctor's office who placed it and it was removed. I feel implanon had cause me nothing but issues since I received it.

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Iv been suffering with blood clots lost of sight chest pains severe headaches

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After implanon i cant get pregnant

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