(HealthDay)—Bayer's contraceptive implant Essure can cause serious complications and should be taken off the market, says a citizen's petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA ...

The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said Friday that it will stop selling the device in the U.S., the ...

LYON, France — Essure implants arrived on the market in 2002 as permanent contraception for women older than age 45 years with children. They were recalled in 2017. Presented as an alternative to ...

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would take added steps to protect women from a controversial birth control implant known as Essure. From now on, women will only be able to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including fatigue, depression ...

FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 -- Amid lawsuits and plummeting sales for its Essure birth control device, drug giant Bayer announced Friday that it would cease U.S. sales of the product by the end of 2018.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held hearings as part of its review of Bayer's birth control implant, Essure in September 2015. The hearings came after thousands of complaints began pouring ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that has been subject to reports of painful complications from thousands of women. But the ...

The FDA first announced their intention to provide a safety update about Essure late yesterday evening. Today's much anticipated report comes on the heals of a private citizen petition that raised ...

WASHINGTON (KGO) -- New developments involving a controversial birth control implant that's prompted lawsuits from thousands of women. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer says it will stop selling its ...