Contraceptive implants are common across Australia, but some women say one particular device led to medical complications, and eventually left them no option but to have a hysterectomy.
Lawyers from Slater and Gordon say the device left women in severe pain and damaged their health.Georgina Hahn was 32 when she had the Essure contraceptive device implanted in 2002.
In the years that followed, Ms Hahn said she had relationships break down, lost her sex drive, became unable to care for her children, had difficulty working, and experienced depression and post-traumatic stress disorder."Obviously want to be able to function like a normal person and be able to do those things but you just physically and mentally and emotionally can't.
"This has been many years in the making, and there's an enormous amount of women suffering every day."Tasmanian woman Lisa Garner says she experienced symptoms including haemorrhage-like menstrual bleeding, severe pelvic and abdominal pain, and depression after she got an Essure device implanted."I am angry on behalf of every woman around the world who has had this device inserted without it being properly investigated, and the harm it has caused us," she said.
The permanent female contraceptive device was added to German company Bayer’s contraceptive portfolio in June 2013 following Bayer’s acquisition of Conceptus, the manufacturer of Essure.
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