When Anne Le Beuze learned that there was a tumor the size of a large tangerine hidden in her brain, she had her “first shock.” When a neurosurgeon warned her at the end of 2019 that she would have to operate within six weeks, “the sky fell on my head for the second time,” says the fifty-year-old woman who lives in Fontenay-aux-Roses. (Hauts de Seine). The blame lies with Androcur, a progestin-only drug he was prescribed as a regular birth control pill six years ago. On the phone, the mother of two bursts into tears. “I was very lucky to have very good support from my husband, who was very afraid for my life,” she admits.
Like dozens of other victims, the communications engineer believes she was not sufficiently informed about the risks all these years and is now demanding accountability from the state. “This is a public health scandal! “, thunders the lawyer who represents them, Charles Joseph-Houdin. The first two requests were registered at the beginning of March at the administrative court of Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis). Three others, including the case involving Anne Le Beuze, are due to be released in the coming weeks. This legal aspect is the latest in a long series that combines very broad regulations, disagreements between professionals and health authorities blamed for the slow response.
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