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Many women experience pain with the insertion of an IUD or intrauterine device used for birth control. Doctors can do more to manage that pain, according to new recommendations from the CDC.

IUD insertions can hurt. The CDC advises doctors to do more to reduce the pain

Sarah Boden

Women have been complaining that doctors don't warn them how much an IUD insertion can hurt — or offer pain relief. Now the CDC is recommending that doctors do more to help.

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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