Pregnancy despite anti-baby pill 113 sufferers sue pharma giants

Pregnant in spite of contraceptive pill: Women accuse US pharmaceutical companies
More than one hundred women have filed lawsuits against several pharmaceutical companies in the United States. On the packaging of various birth control pills of the companies had been wrong instructions. Despite taking the preparations, the women became pregnant.
Wrong notes on the packaging
Although there are also hormone-free alternatives to the pill, in most countries, contraception with pill and condom is preferred. However, there is no one-hundred-percent guarantee that you will not get pregnant through any of the different birth control methods. To make matters worse, if appropriate preparations are not applied correctly. However, the mistake does not necessarily lie with the woman taking such medications: In the United States, more than one hundred women have filed suit against four pharmaceutical companies for misleading the packaging of multiple birth control pills.
Pregnant despite the anti-baby pill. Picture: ruigsantos - fotolia
Damages and compensation
As news agency AFP reports, the plaintiff's attorney, Keith Bodoh, said on Thursday that they are claiming millions in compensation for unwanted pregnancies. The preparations were ineffective because the instructions on the package indicated an incorrect order for taking the pills. It is said that a large proportion of the 113 women are seeking compensation for compensation and compensation for lost salaries and the medical costs of childbirth. Some sufferers also demand the assumption of all educational costs of their children up to the age of 18. According to the lawyer, of the 113 women, 94 had given birth, 17 had lost their pregnancy, while two had not become pregnant.

Warned of risk of unwanted pregnancy
According to the news agency, the lawsuit is against the US companies Vintage, Qualitest, Endo and the Canadian Pantheon, which sold the pills under eight different brand names. Qualitest voluntarily ordered several batches of the contraceptive in September 2011 because of a packaging error and warned about the risk of an unwanted pregnancy. Health experts repeatedly point out that birth control pills are indeed among the most effective and therefore safest methods of birth control, but they offer no protection against sexually transmitted diseases. In addition, the intake is often associated with significant side effects, some even with newer means have increased. Recently, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) reported that the risk of thrombosis of modern birth control pills is often higher than that of older drugs. (Ad)