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
Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 days ago
Liked the coil however my periods were really long and extremely heavy and I became anemic. My partner could feel it too
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 3 - 5 yr
32 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 weeks ago
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!!
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 7th Jun 26
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
