Setting Expectations on IUD Expulsion Among Patients with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

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Advances in Women's Health

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Advances in Women’s Health addresses advances, breakthroughs, and treatments for conditions related to women’s health, as well as preventive measures physicians can advise their patients to pursue. Topics will include breast health as it relates to cancer, ethnicity, fertility, and pregnancy; osteoporosis; female athletes’ health and emotional issues; mental health; pregnancy and all facets related to it; aging; nutrition and health; eating disorders; alternative medicine; and sex education.

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Setting Expectations on IUD Expulsion Among Patients with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Advances in Women's Health

2 years ago

Setting Expectations on IUD Expulsion Among Patients with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Guest: Mitchell D. Creinin, MD

While the use of levonorgestrel 52-mg intrauterine device (IUD) has been shown to reduce blood loss in patients with heavy menstrual bleeding, these same patients are at an increased likelihood of expelling the IUD. That’s why it’s important to set realistic expectations with patients, as Dr. Mitch Creinin from the University of California Davis Health explains.