Hormonal coil (IUS) and thrush

How our community feel they have been impacted by thrush on hormonal coil (IUS)

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

79%

A bit

10%

Quite a bit

5%

A great deal

4%

A lot

3%

Out of the 888 reviews for hormonal coil (IUS), 186 people (21%) reported thrush.

Reviewers that reported thrush as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 12 - 18 mo
35 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 days ago

I've had the hormonal mirena for 14 months now to reduce endometriosis symptoms. My periods have reduced in length (used to be 3 weeks) and happen irregularly and the pain has settled during these. I have however noticed continuous weight gain since I went on it, despite very little changing in my diet and exercise. I've always stayed at a very stable weight and now my breast have nearly doubled in size and my weight in general continues to creep up. I have tried upping my exercise with no improvement in my weight. I'm the heaviest I've ever been, except for pregnancy. It's a huge price to pay for a reduction in endo symptoms. It's very frustrating.

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Somewhat negative mood

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0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 month ago

I’ve had the mirena in for almost 2 years and it’s been working great as a contraception and minimal side effects (very light periods).


Top side effects not reported

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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
21 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  26th Feb 26

Insertion of the jaydess for me was incredibly painful and i had severe period cramps the days following insertion. Other than that for the first year i had no symptoms other than tender breasts and they had grown from C-DD (no complaints!) and often reccomended it to friends. However, after that i started getting regular thrush. It started off just coming before my period some months but now it is pretty much constant. Treatment only resolves symptoms for a short period and the its back! For this reason ive booked to have it taken out next week. Also the waitlist with my local clinic is so long ive been on it months and am no where near being seen so have had to go private unfortunately as the symptoms hae become unbearable :(


Decreased sex drive

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Hormonal coil (IUS) common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

62% of hormonal coil (IUS) reviewers reported period like cramps

43% of hormonal coil (IUS) reviewers reported tender breasts

39% of hormonal coil (IUS) reviewers reported vaginal discharge

29% of hormonal coil (IUS) reviewers reported lower back pain

27% of hormonal coil (IUS) reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible hormonal coil (IUS) side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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