Copper coil (IUD) and nausea or vomiting

How our community feel they have been impacted by nausea or vomiting on copper coil (IUD)

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

88%

A bit

6%

Quite a bit

3%

A lot

2%

A great deal

1%

Out of the 622 reviews for copper coil (IUD), 73 people (12%) reported nausea or vomiting.

Reviewers that reported nausea or vomiting as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Copper coil (IUD)  
Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 days ago

Copper coil (IUD)  

Liked the coil however my periods were really long and extremely heavy and I became anemic. My partner could feel it too

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Copper coil (IUD)  
Used for 3 - 5 yr
32 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

Copper coil (IUD)  

Periods became heavy which was expected but cramping after insertion was incredibly painful and I was not prepared for the level for pain. I required A&E support with pain relief and examination to ensure it hadn't moved or perforated. The monthly pain had me missing work, almost fainting and squirming in pain. I had to learn pain management every month to be able to work effectively. Around 1 year later I felt in control but around 3.5 years I have experienced even heavier periods and more pain. I felt determined to make this method work as I didn't want to use hormonal contraception again. Cramping and heavy bleeding caused nausea, extreme fatigue and ovulation cramps. Overall, I experienced a lot of discomfort and only a few days out of the month where I felt well. I recently got told my iron stores are VERY low and that explains a lot of the worsening menstruation symptoms due to losing too much blood per month from the copper coil. I'm not going to scored it as terrible as I know others have had no issues using the copper coil and there were times when I felt in control of it. Maybe my age and change in hormones have made my symptoms worse? Or it just sucks, I don't know. Take ibuprofen and paracetamol before your insertion as this will help a lot!!


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Copper coil (IUD)  
Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  7th Jun 26

Copper coil (IUD)  

I loved the copper coil however it caused very heavy and long periods and I had to get it out after 5 months due to anaemia. I also have pmdd so I wanted to try something hormonal to ease this


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Copper coil (IUD) common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

74% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported period like cramps

41% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported lower back pain

40% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported vaginal discharge

32% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported tender breasts

19% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported thrush


Possible copper coil (IUD) side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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