| Abstract: | Long experience with the IUD shows it to be a safe, effective method, without influence on hormonal equilibrium, easy to insert, and completely reversible. IUDs containing copper are seen as a significant step forward in method efficiency, but there has been concern over whether the addition of metal has some systemic effect, especially since the quantities of copper in current models may be double those in the 1st models. A number of studies are cited which indicate no association of copper IUDs with levels of copper in patients using them. The present study at the Family Planning Center of Rome University involved 150 women using No-Gravid, Gravigard and Copper T IUDs. blood samples, drawn before and after insertion (3-13 months) showed no pathological relation between hematic rate of copper and insertion of the copper IUD. |
