Product Description:
- A Mirena IUD prevents pregnancy for up to 7 years.
- Mirena — birth control that also helps with heavy periods.
- It helps with heavy periods for up to 5 years in women who choose an IUD for birth control.
- Over 99% effective at preventing pregnancy for up to 7 years
- The first and only hormone-releasing IUD that is FDA-approved to treat heavy periods—also known as heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) —for up to 5 years in women who choose an IUD for birth control.
- Can be used whether or not you’ve had a baby
- Can be removed by your healthcare professional anytime in case your plans change
Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS):
- The product consists of an inserter and levonorgestrel intrauterine system, which is loaded at the tip of the inserter.
- Inserter components are an insertion tube, plunger, flange, body, and slider.
- The system consists of a white or almost white hormone-elastomer core, mounted on a T-body and covered in opaque tubing, which regulates the release of levonorgestrel.
- The white T-body has a loop at one end and two arms at the other end.
- Brown removal threads are attached to the loop.
- The T-frame of Mirena contains barium sulphate, which makes it visible in X-ray examination.
How to Insert Mirena:
- It is strongly recommended that Mirena should only be inserted by physicians/healthcare professionals who are experienced in Mirena insertions and/or have undergone sufficient training for Mirena insertion.
Warnings And Precautions:
- are or might be pregnant; Mirena cannot be used as an emergency contraceptive.
- have a serious pelvic infection called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or have had PID in the past unless you have had a normal pregnancy after the infection went away.
- have an untreated genital infection now.
- have had a serious pelvic infection in the past 3 months after pregnancy.
- have or suspect you might have cancer of the uterus or cervix.
- have bleeding from the vagina that has not been explained.
- have liver disease or a liver tumor.
- have breast cancer or any other cancer that is sensitive to progestin (a female hormone), now or in the past.
- have an intrauterine device in your uterus already.
- have a condition of the uterus that changes the shape of the uterine cavity, such as large fibroid tumors.
- are allergic to levonorgestrel, silicone, polyethylene, silica, barium sulfate or iron oxide.
Ingredients:
- Levonorgestrel 52mg.
- The initial release of levonorgestrel is approximately 20 micrograms per day.