Version May 2024
| Advantages |
| Reversible |
| Private |
| Lasts 12 weeks |
| Effective in obese women |
| Reduces the risk of ectopic pregnancy |
| Periods become light and may cease |
| Reduces dysmenorrhea and other menstrual symptoms |
| Few drug interactions |
| Fewer seizures in epileptics |
| Fewer sickle cell crises in women with sickle cell disease |
| Reduces pelvic pain in women with endometriosis |
| Reduces uterine bleeding in women with heavy bleeding due to uterine fibroids |
| May reduce risk of pelvic inflammatory disease |
| Disadvantages |
| Increase in unscheduled bleeding |
| Possible increased weight gain |
| Possible increase in depressed mood |
| Decrease in bone density that is usually reversible |
| Small risk of severe allergic reaction |
| Return to fertility is not immediate |
| Return clinic visits needed every 12 weeks |
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