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I had the Mirena placed in Oct 2004 after the birth of my second child. I have since suffered with depression (I suffered periodically from depression anyway, so this didn't seem too unusual), bloating, weight gain, severe headaches, and - now that you mention it - strange unexplained rashes! I never would have associated the Mirena with the rashes, but there you go! The rash has been mostly on my upper back and chest, but I will itch all over my body. No one can seem to give me a reason for it other than an allergic reaction to something I have not been able to identify. I have also had itchy scalp which nothing seems to soothe. I've never had headaches in my life before, but now about once or twice a month I will suffer a severe, debilitating headache that will last about a day. Anyone else have new-onset headaches?

My husband just had a vasectomy, and I told my doctor I want to have the Mirena removed in three months when his doctor clears him. My doctor kept asking me "are you sure you're ready to have periods again?" If it will stop or lessen some of the other symptoms I'm having - YES! I no longer have periods with the Mirena, but for some reason that kind of bothers me, too. Thanks for sharing your experience. It just confirms my decision!

I too have had severe sideeffects from the mirena. I just had it removed today because my doctor said it caused me to have endometrititis not (endometriosis). This causes swelling of the uterus, abdominal pain,cramping,and bleeding. I not only had to pay for this mirena to be removed but for the antibiotics and pain killers to get rid of this infection. The mirena also caused me to have hives that the doctors told me was from stress and they prescribed me lexapro and zantex too. If you know how to get in on a class action lawsuit please let me know. My email is promos907@yahoo.com thanks!

I had my iud in for a week, when i started getting a rash on my body that i first thought was poison ivy, but after a steroid shot and a week of steroid pills, it just got worse and became more hive like. It was horrible. I couldn't figure out what i could be allergic to, then i asked my doctor if it could be my iud. He said there was like a 1 in 10000 chance! I got it removed the other day and my rash is already improving! im not happy about it because i had it in for less then two monthes, and spent all that money! I even had to go to the emergency room one night, my hives got so bad.

I, too, had a terrible, itchy hive-like rash appear on my stomach and back and face about 3 months after getting my IUD. My doctor thought it was an allergic reaction to something like Posion Ivy. I took 7 different medicines he prescribed for me, to no avail. The rash was not only not getting better, it was getting worse and worse by the day! After doing some research, I decided to try taking out my IUD to see if that was the culprit. Two days after having it removed I started noticing the rash go away, and a week later it was fully gone. Strange!

I have had a rash on my back since about 2 months after insersion. I went to the doctor finally about 1 month after the rash started, as I thought I could just treat it myself. They treated it as a fungal infection (nothing). Then as a viral infection(nothing). Then they did a biopsy and thought it was a reaction to a bug bite (nothing). Now I went to a dermatologist and she thought it was eczema. I've been on that steroid cream for a week now and it's still speading all over. Started on my back and stayed right there for months. Now it's on my back, legs, elbows and going to the tops of my feet. It's driving me nuts with the constant itching. The worst is that no one has even mentioned anything about this possibly being connected to Mirena, but after reading all these postings, I'm certain that has to be what it is. That sucks, because I LOVE everything else about the IUD. I've had no problems at all and don't even get my period anymore (YEAH!!!) But living with this rash is far worse than a period every month. I'm going to make an appointment with my OB tomorrow. Thanks everyone for sharing your stories so now maybe I can get some releif from this CONSTANT ITCHING!!

I've had my mirena for 3 months now and I'm one who gets hives at least once a year normally from something I've eaten... I take benadryl and after a day or so it starts to go away. This time however the strangest thing the hives came up and went down but never left... I wake up itching every night and I feel that its something else like my body is rejecting the mirena and about two months ago my hair started to fall out... OMG like tons of hair and it doesnt stop! I thought at first maybe it was just my hormones getting back to normal from having my second child ... but the more it came out I was convinced that it was something else so I started looking around on here and what do you know all these crazy symtoms I had never heard them say anything about were popping up like crazy! One woman even claims all her hair fell out and since getting the Mirena removed ... Only one month her hair has started to come back! I'm over this and I will be calling monday morning bright and early to get this thing out!

May 28 I got the Mirena inserted. July 18th I got a small hive rash behind my knee, the next three nights it was SEVERE hives all over my body. I changed EVERYTHING in my house. Washed my couches, re washed everything. Came down to what I was taking. Didn't eat the same thing for four days other than water. Then I called to get my IUD removed on 22JUL. I'm hoping the rash will go away. If anyone had a rash and got the IUD removed, did it help make the rash go away!?! I hope it does mine :)
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