Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD When the ParaGard IUD was first introduced in the United States in 1988, the ...

ParaGard is the only brand currently manufacturing copper IUDs. They are plastic T-shaped devices about the size of a quarter. Unlike hormonal IUDs, ParaGard is wrapped with a coil of copper ...

There are currently five brands of IUDs on the market. One, Paragard, distributed by CooperSurgical, wraps a thin layer of copper around the plastic device, offering an IUD option that doesn’t ...

The package inserts for both the ParaGard and Progestasert contain data that differ from other data published in the literature (Table II). Overall, IUDs are discontinued by 10% to 20% of users in ...

Two types of IUDs are currently available in the US. The ParaGard, or CuT380 IUD, is a "T"-shaped plastic IUD with 380mg of copper wire wound around the shaft and arms of the T. A nylon ...