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Re: GYN: IUD removal From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Tue Aug 10 17:55:47 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Tort Reform" Previous message: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: Polyhydramnios case" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "GYN: IUD removal" Next in thread: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: GYN: IUD removal" Reply: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: GYN: IUD removal" You can take out anytime - I prefer just after menses.. >At Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote: > >I was asked by a CNM if there was any particular time that you should or >shouldn't remove an IUD--specifically a Mirena. Her concern was >regarding a potential conception just before removal, and she has >advised patients to abstain for 3 days prior to removal. > >I contend that this is not necessary, and that the contraceptive effect >is present until actual removal. The package insert offers no guidance >regarding the timing of removal. > >Any thoughts? > >My vote is take it out anytime. . . > >Garry > >-- >Garry E. Siegel, M.D. >Private Practice >Roswell, GA > -- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Tort Reform" Previous message: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: Polyhydramnios case" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "GYN: IUD removal" Next in thread: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: GYN: IUD removal" Reply: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: GYN: IUD removal"

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