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New Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriously (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There’s not a whole lot that can be done about that besides giving the patient some Midol and a day off work to rest.

So just shrug and give a midol? Like we don't have plenty of other effective, targeted pain relief that would 100% be given to a man who was going to be given an incredibly painful procedure? Especially if that procedure were routinely given to men.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We actually don’t have much in the way of pain relief besides NSAIDs (of which Midol is one), local anesthesia (which I believe is not indicated for IUD insertion), and opioids (I’m sure you’ve heard of those in the news).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's some real great condescending language there. I think I can guess what's between your legs lol. The CDC recommends lidocaine as a local anaesthetic. Themoreyouknow.jpg.