Hundreds of women claim that they became victims of neurological disorders due to the use of IUDs. However, experts believe that this may be a coincidence.
Several hundred residents of the US filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bayer, alleging that they produced the intrauterine device was the cause of the development of their neurological disorders. Currently, under the claim signed by 856 people.Bayer will have to prove in court that the Mirena IUD is safe for women’s health. Earlier this same pharmaceutical company for a year had legal proceedings about the other spiral, called Essure, as it was argued that it gives women the disorder idiopathic intracranial hypertension, accompanied by painful pressure within the skull.
Research about the relation between intrauterine spirals and neurological disorders were seldom, however, a proven link between hormonal older devices for contraception and side-effects for the brain. Some experts in the field of neurology and contraception emphasize that although women’s neurological health is very important, the link between Mirena and intracranial hypertension may be nothing more than a coincidence.Mirena is a intrauterine device on the basis of progestin, which was approved for use in the USA in 2000 and since then gained popularity.
From a medical point of view this kind of spirals provides greater benefits, but their efficacy is 99% over 3 to 5 years. It is very important for women who do not plan to have children and would like not worry on this issue, abandoning the taking oral contraceptives and not insisting on their partners using condoms. (READ MORE)