Exclusive: 3,000+ women report a popular IUD broke in their body, causing complications

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by Joce Sterman, Alex Brauer and Andrea Nejman
March 18th 2021 - ABC News

“Our team discovered breakage like what Speaks experienced is a well-documented, yet little-publicized problem with the Paragard IUD. Spotlight on America dug through thousands of "adverse events" listed in a database known as FAERS - The FDA Adverse Events Reporting System, which tracks problems reported by individuals and health care providers.

According to the voluntary reports filed with the FDA since 2013 regarding Paragard, there have been:

  • 3,186 reports of "device breakage"

  • 1,910 of those events deemed "serious"

  • 102 related reports of hospitalization or life-threatening complications”

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