Contraception: efficacy and safety of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system

Abstract

The study included 120 women aged 24 to 44 years attending Vivea gynecology department and wanting to use an intrauterine levonorgestrel-releasing system (LNG-BMC) as a contraception method.After a preliminary examination and exclusion of contraindications for this method of contraception LNG-BMC is inserted into the first 7 days of men-strual bleeding.The results indicate a high contraceptive efficacy of the LNG-BMC, a therapeutic effect in dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, menorrhagia, anemia.

Keywords

• levonorgestrel-releasing system
• anemia
• dysmenorrhea
• premenstrual syndrome