Patient's question:
NoDoctor's answer:
Mirena is a long-term birth control pill, and its side effects are very small compared to other similar birth control pills. When you haven't taken any hormone-based birth control pills for the current month, start taking Mirena on the first day of your menstrual cycle, which is the first day of menstrual bleeding. Remove the marked pill with the date of the week and start taking it. Then, take the pills in order each day. You can also start on the 2nd to 5th day of your menstrual cycle, but in this case, during the first 7 days of taking the pill in the first cycle, you must also use an additional form of birth control. You can have sexual intercourse after your period.