"i gave paraguard 8 pts, but i really do like it much better than hormonal birth control pills. i only gave it an 8 instead of 10, because it does make my periods heavier and a little longer than in the past. because of this i developed iron deficiency anemia, but the anemia is easily controlled with a prescription iron supplement 3 times per week (mon/wed/fri), which is ok. i appreciate paraguard because one of the other medications i take makes hormonal birth control less effective. since paraguard is not a hormonal birth control, it works perfectly. 

i have had a previous paraguard iud that had to be removed because of a problem, but this second one has given me no problems.i didn&#039;t have to pay for the second one because of the problem"