Menstrual cups ‘safe and effective’ – with one caveat
Leakage is on par with pads and tampons, and there is no increased infection risk, say researchers
Menstrual cups are as safe and effective as pads and tampons, UK research suggests.
But caution is needed in women with IUDs, which have been dislodged by a cup in a handful of cases, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine-led researchers report in the Lancet Public Health.
