Levonorgestrel
What is Mirena and what is it used for?
• MIRENA is an intrauterine system. It contains 52 mg of active substance (levonorgestrel).
• Levonorgestrel, the active ingredient of MIRENA, is a progestogen.
is a hormone.
• MIRENA is available as 1 sterile intrauterine system.
• MIRENA is used in the prevention of pregnancy, in increased menstrual bleeding without a clear reason, to prevent thickening of the inner layer of the uterus during estrogen therapy.
• It is a T-shaped intrauterine system that secretes levonorgestrel hormone into the uterus after MIRENA is inserted. The reason it is T-shaped is to adapt the system to the shape of the uterus. T-
The vertical arm of its trunk carries a drug reservoir containing levonorgestrel.
Mirena is a method that can be preferred for birth control for young women who do not want to take oral pills and who want their menstrual bleeding to be less and painless, and for most women in their 40s, for both pregnancy and protection from uterine diseases.
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