"i would never recommended as a birth control. i got it in 2014 i just got to take it out today in 2017. for the past year-and-a-half i&#039;ve been so sick. i&#039;ve been seen special doctors got my gallbladder taken out, and been on many medications because they could never figure out what was truly wrong with me. i had cramping horribly bad and heavy  periods, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach. always felt like i had morning sickness. fatigue, brain fog. finally i saw a link on a website saying how paragard has really bad side effects thank god i clicked on that. i have 85% of all side effects. found out that the copper on this has been going to my bloodstream and i have what&#039;s called copper toxicity. way too much copper in my body."