By April 2008 at least 50 lawsuits were filed against the manufacturers of Nuvaring for concealing the health risks of this product. Usage of this product had adverse side effects and some of them are highly fatal. Nuvaring is a product of Organon and it is a hormonal vaginal ring for birth control. This company has already released a product called Ortho Evra patch which was associated with fatal side effects.



Nuvaring is made of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and designed to release estrogen and progestin in very slow doses into the body over period of 3 weeks. It was considered to be one of the effective and easy to use contraceptive rings. This product has been approved in at least 32 countries and used by a minimum of 1.5 million people worldwide.

Nuvaring that is in the form of flexible plastic ring is inserted into the vagina and is held in place by the vaginal muscles. It is a self administered contraceptive product that is available on prescription. The declared side effects of the product include foreign object irritation, coital problem, vaginities, upper respiratory tract infection, leucorrhea, headache, nausea, weight gain and sinusitis.

Besides the above risks it has been detected that there are other highly potential risks which have been suppressed by the company. One of the serious risks aincludes formation of blood clots. The usage of Nuvaring also exposes women to heart attack, pulmonary embolisms, deep vein thrombosis and strokes. Most of the birth control products have a certain amount of risk in terms of fatal pulmonary embolism whereas the usage of Nuvaring doubles the risk that is found in other birth control products. Nuvaring uses a type of progestin that is commonly found in the third generation contraceptives and this increases the risk of blood clots.

If you have been one of the victims of Nuvaring or if you have lost your loved one through the use of Nuvaring, you can join the others who share the same plight and file a lawsuit against the manufacturers for concealing the risks and releasing a defective and a fatal product. You need to find a reliable Nuvaring birth control lawyer who will be able to represent your case and claim financial compensation. When you want to hire a Nuvaring side effects lawyer, meet more than one Nuvaring lawyer so that you can hire the most capable one among them. You can check www.nuvaringsideeffects.com for getting a free case review from an experienced lawyer. The lawyer you hire must be experienced in the field of medical claims. Though any lawyer can represent your case, it is better to go with a lawyer who has experience in medical lawsuits so that you will have a better chance of winning the case. Though there are over 50 cases filed against Nuvaring, no verdict has been reached. In this stage you must be all the more careful to hire an expert because faulty representation can lead to the loss of not only your case but it may also set precedence for the verdicts of similar cases.