The IUS that offers the flexibility your patients want
Let Paragard® be the constant for patients who…
- Try to lead a hormone-free lifestyle and avoid artificial hormones
- Want a birth control that’s immediately reversible if they want to get pregnant1
- Prefer to keep their menstrual cycle.1 The majority of patients using Paragard experienced no significant changes in their natural menstrual cycle2*†
- Aren’t satisfied with their current birth control
- Are busy and prefer a low-maintenance birth control with no daily routine—just a simple monthly thread check1
According to CDC recommendations, Paragard may be used with no restrictions in over 20 medical conditions, including but not limited to3:
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥30
- Breast cancer (family history, current, past, and no evidence of current disease for 5 years)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Gallbladder disease
- Headaches, including migraines with and without auras, and menstrual migraines
- History of bariatric surgery
- History of high blood pressure during pregnancy
- History of stroke
- Hypertension
- Inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
- Ischemic heart disease
- Liver tumors
- Lupus
- Malaria
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cysts
- Past ectopic pregnancy
- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including smoking
- Thyroid disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Viral hepatitis
Before prescribing the Paragard IUS, make sure that the patient is an appropriate candidate and exclude pregnancy prior to use. See full list of Contraindications, and Warnings and Precautions in the Paragard Full Prescribing Information.
According to CDC, Paragard should not be used for patients with distorted uterine cavity, cervical cancer awaiting treatment, endometrial cancer, persistently elevated B-hCG levels or malignant disease, with evidence or suspicion of intrauterine disease associated with Gestational trophoblastic disease.
β-hCG=beta-human chorionic gonadotropin; CDC=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
*At first, periods may become heavier and longer with spotting in between.
†Based on an April 2023 web-based survey of women aged 18-50 (n=1,004) who currently use Paragard birth control and have for at least 1 year.