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Benefits of Mirena®

Mirena is birth control you don't have to think about taking every day, every week or even every year.

Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) works continuously, without a pill, without a daily hassle. Once Mirena is properly placed, all you have to do is check the threads once a month. Your healthcare provider can show you how. If you have trouble finding the threads, be sure to use a backup form of birth control and call your healthcare provider.

What else you should know about Mirena:

  • It's over 99% effective at preventing pregnancy and is one of the most efficacious forms of birth control
  • Works for long as you want, for up to 5 years
  • Allows you to try to become pregnant immediately* once you have it removed by your healthcare provider
  • Keeps hormone levels steadier and lower than the Pill

Keep your family planning options open

With Mirena, you can think about the moment, not your birth control method—you get effective protection and flexibility. Especially since you can have it removed as soon as you want to try to have another baby.* Any way you look at it, you're in control.

Your healthcare provider can generally place or remove Mirena during an office visit. He or she will check for proper placement, because if not properly placed, removal can be difficult.

What Mirena looks like

* A woman's chances of getting pregnant within 12 months of having Mirena removed are approximately 80%.

Just The Facts

Just The Facts
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INDICATIONS & USAGE
Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) is a hormone-releasing system placed in your uterus to prevent pregnancy for up to 5 years.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT MIRENA
Only you and your healthcare provider can decide if Mirena is right for you. Mirena is recommended for women who have had a child.

  • Do not use Mirena if you have a pelvic infection, get infections easily or have certain cancers. Less than 1% of users get a serious infection called pelvic inflammatory disease. Talk to your healthcare provider about problems related to this condition.
  • Mirena may attach to or go through the wall of the uterus and cause other problems. If Mirena comes out, use back-up birth control and call your healthcare provider.
  • In the unlikely event you get pregnant while using Mirena, seek emergency care because continuing pregnancy with an intrauterine device may result in loss of pregnancy or loss of fertility.
  • Ovarian cysts may occur and usually disappear.
  • Bleeding and spotting may increase in the first few months and continue to be irregular. Periods may become shorter, lighter or even stop.

Mirena does not protect against HIV or STDs.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

For important risk and use information, please see the patient prescribing information.

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