If you think your IUD has started to come out, you can’t feel the strings or they feel shorter or longer than normal, call your provider. If you have intense pain and bleeding, seek immediate medical ...

The hormone-releasing IUDs contain levonorgestrel (a type of progestin hormone) and are available in the United States under these four brand names: If you are interested in using an IUD for ...

You can’t get an IUD while you are pregnant. Having an IUD during this time can cause serious risks to both you and the pregnancy, including: Getting a hormonal IUD inserted during your period ...

Though arterial thrombotic risk was higher with hormonal contraception use, the absolute excess risks were low.

Experts said the risks were still very low, but it was important for women to be fully informed when considering their contraceptive choices ...

An intrauterine device (IUD) is a T-shaped device that an obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) places in the uterus to prevent pregnancy. It is possible to become pregnant with an IUD, but it is rare.

The makers of the Paragard IUD device convinced a federal judge to dismiss dozens of individual suits in consolidated multidistrict litigation alleging the companies failed to warn people of the ...

Only one form of hormonal contraception showed no rise in cardiovascular risk: The progestin-only IUD, which seemed safe even over an extended period of use. Yonis' team stressed that the study was ...