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A Melbourne public hospital has become one of the first in the country to offer women Penthrox, commonly known as the green whistle, for painful IUD procedures.
Frankston Hospital, which is run by Peninsula Health, began trialling the pain relief option a few months ago and is now offering it to every patient who has an IUD inserted or removed.
"Yes, it's definitely been popular," the head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Peninsula Health Nisha Khot said.
"There are some women, especially younger women, or women who previously had a bad experience with an IUD insertion, who really are very reluctant to have it done in that sort of outpatient setting.
I had an IUD inserted, and my GP told me in the follow up that my pain levels were recorded as "moderate." I was crying - what does it take to reach severe pain!?
It was a problematic IUD, and even after having it removed back in May, I can still feel where it used to sit in my uterus. Orgasms cause that spot to flare up in pain.
Don't get one.
I got an IUD inserted (by a male) in 2018 and wow it was really bad super bad. The pain didn’t leave in about 6 months. In 2020 I had it removed (by a woman). It was painful yes, but I wasn’t suffering the next day. It was the Best decision ever to remove it. I developed 2 ovarian cysts from it
I had an IUD and I loved it. It was much better for me than the pill, but the procedure to measure the uterus so they can decide which one is the best fit was very painful as was the install/removal. My doc was a woman and we were in a blue state in the u.s. I had never been offered an IUD as an option before by my male doctors.