Bayer’s Essure damages health? Case taken to court

The permanent contraceptive is better, especially the one produced by German Bayer, many Brazilian women thought. But the Essure contraceptive harmed their health. The case is now in court.

Monica was one of many Brazilian women who opted for this IUD to protect against unwanted pregnancy, especially the one of the reputable German manufacturer Bayer.
The reason was clear: she already had four children, the fifth would still be one too many.
The pills are actually expensive because they need to be taken regularly, the contraceptive in her case seemed an ideal choice. In addition, the IUDs usually have to be changed every few years, which is a very unpleasant procedure.
But this German one, Essure, could remain installed indefinitely. This Bayer product also looks high-tech: a thin spring about four centimeters long made of a nickel and titanium alloy, stainless steel, PET fibers, platinum, silver, and zinc. This contraceptive was not covered by the Brazilian SUS state health insurance, but it was procured by some Brazilian federal states and made available to the local public health institutions.
"What's going on?"
In 2015 Monica got her IUD at a Sao Paulo hospital: the very fitting of the IUD into the ovarian canal was easy because no surgery was needed. She was convinced that everything was solved in the best possible way - and in fact, she did not connect the first difficulties with the contraceptive she had within herself. Barely a few months later, she started having headaches.
She also felt pain in her hips, lower back, and legs. Not only that, apparently something started to happen with her hormones as well: she was surprised that so much of her hair was falling out, where did the spots on her skin...