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UrduClinical expert available to speak about CDC’s new IUD pain management guidelines In light of the intrauterine device (IUD) insertion pain management guidelines just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nicole Ferschke, an assistant clinical professor in…
Tag: IUD
CDC updates guidelines on lidocaine use for IUD procedures
Quote from Monica Woll Rosen, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Michigan Health “Providers have always been able to use lidocaine for IUD procedures, but the new guidelines say there might be benefit to using this.…
CDC Issues Guidelines on Pain Management and IUDs
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided updated recommendations for physicians on how to help manage pain associated with intrauterine device insertions (IUDs). These devices are the third most common form of birth control in the…
Co-locating Contraceptive Services & Opioid Treatment Programs May Help Prevent Unintended Pregnancy
More than 75% of women with Opioid Use Disorder report having had an unintended pregnancy, but they are less likely to use effective contraception compared to women who do not use drugs. Results from a multi-year trial found that a two-part intervention featuring co-located contraceptive services in opioid treatment programs and financial incentives could offer an effective solution.
A few hundred dollars makes a difference in use of long-lasting birth control
Getting a birth control implant used to cost some women hundreds of dollars, especially if they had a high-deductible health plan. A new study shows the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost birth control provision, and the potential impact of a Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to opt out.
Same-day IUD placements hard to come by in Ohio, study finds
Though same-day access to IUDs increases the likelihood a woman will get the reproductive health care she wants and decreases the chance she’ll become pregnant when she doesn’t plan to, most providers in Ohio don’t offer the service, a new study has found.