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What is the LNG-IUS?

April 26, 2017lng-ius

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What is the LNG-IUS?

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The LNG-IUS contains levonorgestrel a progestin-like hormone that mimics the harmone your ovaries produces. The levonorgestrel causes the cervical mucus to thicken so sperm cannot get to the egg. Just one in 100women who use it will experience an accidental pregnancy (in-a-one-year-period).