Mirena (Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System) Drug Information: Overdosage and Contraindications

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May 27, 2012

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Introduction to birth control types and options

If a woman is sexually active and she is fertile — physically able to become pregnant — she needs to ask herself, "Do I want to become pregnant now?" If her answer is "No," she must use some method of birth control (contraception).

If a woman does not want to get pregnant at this point in her life, does she plan to become pregnant in the future? Soon? Much later? Never? Her answers to these questions can determine the method of birth control that she and her male sexual partner use — now and in the future.

There are a number of different ways to describe birth control. Terms include contraception, pregnancy prevention, fertility control, and family planning. But no matter what the process is called, sexually active people can choose from a plethora of methods to reduce the possibility of their becoming pregnant. Nevertheless, no method of birth control av...

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OVERDOSE

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CONTRAINDICATIONS

The use of Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) is contraindicated when one or more of the following conditions exist:

Pregnancy or suspicion of pregnancy
Congenital or acquired uterine anomaly including fibroids if they distort the uterine cavity
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease or a history of pelvic inflammatory disease unless there has been a subsequent intrauterine pregnancy
Postpartum endometritis or infected abortion in the past 3 months
Known or suspected uterine or cervical neoplasia or unresolved, abnormal Pap smear
Genital bleeding of unknown etiology
Untreated acute cervicitis or vaginitis, including bacterial vaginosis or other lower genital tract infections until infection is controlled
Acute liver disease or liver tumor (benign or malignant)
Conditions associated with increased susceptibility to pelvic infections
A previously inserted IUD that has not been removed
Hypersensitivity to any component of this product
Known or suspected carcinoma of the breast.