PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - McNair, Samuel Holt
AU  - Tunink, Carl
AU  - Morris, Laura
ED  - Brown, Carina
TI  - Keep on Keeping on – Mirena IUD for 8 Years
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240037R0
DP  - 2025 Jan 17
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - jabfm.2024.240037R0
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2025/01/16/jabfm.2024.240037R0.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2025/01/16/jabfm.2024.240037R0.full
AB  - Counsel patients that their Mirena IUD retains contraceptive effectiveness for extended use up to 8 years.1 The cumulative failure rate for years 6 through 8 was 0.68%, similar to reported rates for the first 5 years of use.