Articles Tagged With: IUD
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Study: Hormonal IUDs Provide Safe, Effective Emergency Contraception
A recent study reveals hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) are safe and effective as emergency contraception. Hormonal IUDs are more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Plan B levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill, and they provide a long-term contraception solution.
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Study: IUD Counseling Can Appear Coercive
The results of a recent study revealed that providers might think they are promoting their young patients’ decision-making, but their focus on intrauterine devices and other long-acting reversible contraceptives can come across as coercive.
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Should the Copper IUD Be Offered to Women With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding?
In this secondary analysis of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, there was no difference in copper intrauterine device continuation rates at one year between 165 women who reported heavy menstrual bleeding at baseline and 753 women who did not.
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Infection Risk with Same-day Testing and IUD Insertion
In this prospective trial of same-day chlamydia/gonorrhea testing with intrauterine device insertion among 1,714 women, the risk of subsequent pelvic infection was extremely low (0.2%) over two years of follow-up.