Option of local anaesthetic for IUD fittings.

Entonox® analgesia for IUD insertions and removals.

We intend to begin offering Entonox (a medical anaesthetic gas comprising 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen) as an analgesic choice for women attending for intrauterine device (IUD) fittings or difficult removals in our community contraception clinics. Entonox is already used for short-term pain relief in the community by district nurses and midwives, and in the hospital emergency and obstetric ...

Reducing the pain of IUD insertion.

As a general practitioner and intrauterine device (IUD) fitter for over 13 years now I applaud looking at new ways to reduce the pain of IUD insertion as described in Vincent and Sewell’s letter in the October 2012 issue of the Journal, and recently I have also looked into the possibility of getting some Entonox in our practice for IUD fitting. For most women the experience of having an IUD fit...

Local anaesthetic administration for IUD/IUS insertions.

A NEW BIOLOGICAL SCREENING SYSTEM FOR LOCAL ANAESTHETICS BY INHIBITION MOBILITY OF TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS

An alternative in vitro approach to drug screening has been the use of human cell cultures for antiviral agents and microbial cell cultures for the assessment of the carcinogenic potential of selected compounds. A number of protozoan species have been also used as drug screens for anti-protozoal agents. The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis species has been widely utilised as a dru...

Analgesia and anesthesia during IUD insertion: local anesthetics

Background: Intrauterine Device (IUD) is an effective and long term method of contraception that can be used without continued effort by the user to prevent pregnancy perfectly. Pain during IUD insertion is one of the obstacles to properly using the device. Thus, using different methods of analgesia and anesthesia to alleviate this pain has been studied by many researchers. This review article ...