London Correspondent - Sarah - thirty this Londoner has requested anonymity - has two small boys when it decided in July 2006, to use a contraceptive implant, Implanon. Seven months later, Sarah, who had been told that this treatment also put an end to the rules discovered with amazement that she is pregnant for several weeks.In agreement with her husband, Sarah chooses to abort, but the young woman became "paranoid" and an extreme distrust with respect to all contraceptive methods. Torque not resist. Wednesday, January 5, the UK regulator - the Medicines and Healthcare ProductRegulatory Agency (MHRA) - revealed that Sarah's case is not unique.
A total of eleven years that Implanon has entered the United Kingdom, 584 women who have used experienced unwanted pregnancies. "When I returned to the clinic who had asked the implant, they made me a scanner but have found no trace," says Sarah. A blood test does not permit identification of Implanon that progesterone, placed in the arm, is supposed to diffuse in the body to ensure its use three years of infertility.
In several cases, "the implant has not actually been installed in the arm," says Stephanie Prior, partner at law firm Anthony Gold defends Sarah and thirteen other women became pregnant while they thought they were protected by Implanon. In fact, Implanon is complicated to install and it happens regularly that doctors or nurses miss the operation without even knowing it.
Not to mention the scars and other inconveniences it may cause to patients, according to the 1607 women in total who have complained to the MHRA. Under pressure from the regulator, Merck Sharp & Dohme-Chibret (MSD), which produces the implant, has been offering in October 2010 a new version, dubbed Nexplanon, which will totally replace Implanon when stocks have been emptied.
Easier to implement, the Nexplanon also has the advantage of being easily recognizable under scanner. Since 1999, according to the British Ministry of Health, 1.4 million women have adopted it. MSD said that the failure rate of Implanon remains below 1%, and as such the drug is more effective than many contraceptives, including condoms or the pill.
Moreover, the laboratory said that to his knowledge, only the United Kingdom has faced difficulties. Understood, the problem is to be sought in the British health system. The TV station Channel 4 News reported that the National Health Service, the equivalent across the Channel for Social Security, has already been compensated nine women for a total close to 200,000 pounds.
Virginia Malingre Article published in the edition of 08.01.11
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