TikTok trend claims IUDs bring ‘the worst pain of your life,’ stoking distrust in pain management.
Summary
A creator shares a traumatic IUD insertion/removal experience and urges viewers to avoid IUDs unless they are prepared for extreme pain, dismissing common pain management as ineffective. It resonates because many commenters feel their pain was minimized, reinforcing distrust in clinicians. The misinformation risk comes from treating one severe experience as universal and repeating misleading claims (e.g., strings “growing into tissue”), while ignoring the wide range of experiences and evidence-based pain options.