Mirena coil and period like cramps

How our community feel they have been impacted by period like cramps on mirena coil

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

40%

A bit

22%

Quite a bit

17%

A great deal

13%

A lot

8%

Out of the 574 reviews for mirena coil, 343 people (60%) reported period like cramps.

Reviewers that reported period like cramps as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 6 - 12 mo
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 week ago

I've had the Mirena coil for about 10 months now, my doctor recommended it to stop uterine polyps from reappearing. Prior to the coil I had very heavy, extremely painful periods and pretty bad iron deficiency, but now my periods are super light and not painful at all!! The insertion was painful but not worse that the period cramps I used to get before; I spotted for 3 months straight but after that I started having semi-regular periods. I noticed that I had much more energy (probably because my iron levels were back to normal), my libido increased and I lost weight. I am really really happy with the coil.

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Somewhat positive mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 6 - 12 mo
35 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 weeks ago

Recurrent abdominal pain and pressure in my lower tummy. The only positive thing is that it has stopped heavy periods


Worse skin

1 more effect

0 helpful

1 comments

Used for 6 - 12 mo
32 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

I swapped to the coil as I started getting migraines on the combined pill and wanted a longer term solution GP advised to give the coil 6 months to settle in but during that time my skin has gradually got worse with bad acne, I still have periods which are lighter granted but lasting 8-9 days, much worse periods cramps than on combined and then for last 2 months spotting almost everyday and bad period like cramping. GP thought these symptoms suggested coil displacement but USS confirmed it was in situ and these must just be the side effects I personally get from mirena. The cramping and constant spotting and acne is affecting my sex life and general mood day to day so trying to get the coil removed and tempted to try the copper coil (although I went for the Mirena as I’d read you can get the symptoms I’m currently having on the copper but only time will tell!)


Somewhat positive mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Mirena coil common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

60% of mirena coil reviewers reported period like cramps

41% of mirena coil reviewers reported tender breasts

40% of mirena coil reviewers reported vaginal discharge

29% of mirena coil reviewers reported lower back pain

24% of mirena coil reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible mirena coil side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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