RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Keep on Keeping on – Mirena IUD for 8 Years
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 1143
OP 1145
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240037R0
VO 37
IS 6
A1 McNair, Samuel Holt
A1 Tunink, Carl
A1 Morris, Laura
A2 Brown, Carina
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/6/1143.abstract
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.