Period pain not made worse by copper IUD
Using a copper intrauterine device (IUD), or coil, does not exacerbate period pain, reveals a study where researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy followed 2,100 women for 30 years.Previous scientific studies have suggested that women who use a copper IUD for contraception suffer from worse period pain, but a study at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy that followed 2,100 women over a 30-year period shows that this is not the case.
In the study, 19-year-olds born in 1962, 1972 and 1982 were asked questions about their height, weight, pregnancies, children, period pain and