Adam Bisaga, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, said that “most people aren’t prepared for the changes these drugs can cause to the body.”

"This study is important because it demonstrates the highly variable practice of accepting or declining deceased donor kidneys," Sumit Mohan, a researcher at Columbia University, told UPI.

As a sort of referee on this debate, I called up Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Dr. Anne Davis, an obstetrician-gynecologist at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, agrees that supporting patients during IUD placement can help them cope.