anyone have information on what's the best pain killer for Menstural pain?
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Ibuprofen is considered a good one because it actally decreases the inflamation, rather than something like Tylenol with blocks the pain message from getting to the brain.\n\nIf Ibuprofen doesn't work there are stronger ones that can be prescribed, one being naproxen along with many others.  Hope this helps.
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Tylenol or Motrin.  A gel ice pack helps too. This type of pain is temporary and the results are worth it in the long run.
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Ibuprofen and advil are much better options than tylenol. I used to get horrible cramps that could get so bad that I'd stay home puking. If midol isn't working for you, I'd try pamprin, it works better for some people. If your cramps are absolutely unbearable, I'd talk to your doctor or gyno about getting onto birth control.  There is a hormone in the pill that helps.  I was only thirteen when I started them but they helped the cramping incredibly.\n\nTaking long, hot, steamy baths and showers provide temporary relief from cramps. Heating pads also help a lot of people. If you are at home and inactive (watching tv, reading, resting,etc.) a hot water bottle on your belly works the best. Gently rubbing the area about half a centimeter away from the place that hurts most in gentle circular motions can also help.\n\nAlthough it may be the last thing you feel like doing, excersise is important-at this time of the month especially. Just walking around your house can help. When I was younger and in school, I used to walk in the hallways between classes as much as possible. It may hurt more at first, but ultimately it will help. Excersise releases endomorphins into your body that relax your muscles more.\nIf you are in too much pain to get up and about, lie on your back and slowly raise your legs above you and back down to the bed. \n\nLastly, eating healthy will reduce your cramps immensly. Avoid salty foods. When you have a craving though, even for potato chips, don't ignore it- treat yourself in small portions. Hot teas (not coffees) also help with cramping.\n\nUnfortunatelly, cramping is something we all have to go through. Good luck and hoped my tips help!
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What has always helped me are those disposable heat packs you can buy in most drug stores.  They are more easily found in the winter, but ask for them anyway - they may be able to order them for you.  You open the plastic pack, shake it, and it warms up nicely and stays warm for 8 hours.  Just tuck it in your underwear (no one can tell its there - they are VERY thin!), and it REALLY HELPS!!!  Wishing you the best honey, I suffered for MANY years with those god-awful cramps!
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Contrary to popular belief menstrual cramps are not a necessary part of being a woman, excluding health problems such as endometriosis most women can prevent period pains all together, or at the very least cure the pain when they do get any easily without resorting to painkillers and without messing up their bodies with extreme hormonal methods.\n\nPeriods are only as good or bad as YOU make them – if you have a good attitude towards your period this does effect your periods including making period pains less painful, also of course if you have a positive attitude about your body it also means you are more likely to research and learn about it and so find out that there are in fact a lot of things you can do to prevent menstrual cramps all together.\n\nHere are some ideas both to prevent and ease menstrual cramps;\n\n•Do not use painkillers, these actually increase period pain over time as your body build immunity and gets used to the painkillers being within your system, not only that but they simply numb the pain they do not actually do anything about the cause of the pain – pain is your bodies way of telling you that something is wrong, don't ignore it. Coming off painkillers if this is what you normally use can be hard because the next few periods after stopping using painkillers can seem more painful, but if you use other methods to prevent or cure menstrual cramps it does get better.\n\n•Take herbal teas, many herbal teas are ideal for menstrual pains as well as other menstrual or cycle related problems including curing PMS, reducing flow, inducing your periods and regulating your menstrual cycle. Herbs to try are as follows; Lemon balm, Black Haw, Blessed thistle, Camomile, Wild marjoram, Red raspberry, Wild strawberry, Valerian, Yarrow, Raspberry leaf, Blue cohosh, Dong quai – Check with a health store to make sure they are right for you, some stores will also sell women's blends that would help as well.\n\n•Don't use tampons, as well as being very bad for vaginal health many tampons are also made in such a way that they expand lengthways meaning that they can expand straight into your cervix, which is already delicate due to menstruation, and increase cramping. Commercial pads are also best avoided because as well as also being bad for vaginal health they are generally uncomfortable so hardly help with menstrual cramps. If you use these options consider other options such as; rubber bell-shaped menstrual cups, silicone bell-shaped menstrual cups, diaphragm as menstrual cups, homemade menstrual cups, softcups, organic tampons, sponges, padettes, padded panties, organic pads, cloth pads, homemade pads, free-flow, free-flow layering, free-flow instinctive, extraction, toilet paper, period blankets, etc.\n\n•Avoid salty foods and alcohol, these can increase bloating by retaining water, and so make you feel generally sluggish as well as making cramping worse.\n\n•Drink lots of water, this can aid in avoiding bloating. This will also help with headaches or migraines brought on by menstruation. Also adding lemon juice, a natural diuretic can decrease bloating.\n\n•Eat your greens, and a healthy diet can make you feel a lot better at the best of times, but during menstruation it can be a good pick up and help avoid that sluggish feeling.\n\n•Avoid foods like dairy and caffeine, generally these can cause problems for people, during menstruation this can be particularly true, many find these increase period pains. Also avoid soy products; these are notorious for causing menstrual cramps.\n\n•Take up yoga, this is a very good exercise tip because as well as being gentle exercise it also has stretching that can help even further and breathing exercises that can help relax you and so further aid in relieving menstrual cramps.\n\n•Take a bath, a nice warm bath can help relax you and the heat can ease period pains as well, avoid things that can harm your vagina like bubble bath, however some nice
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there are other pain releivers that are just as strong. goto you doctors office and see if they can give you samples. I wouldn't trust online. I've heard some are watered down, contaminated and/or not even the real thing. There are some programs to that help you with getting medication if you don't have insurance and can't afford it. talk to your doctor and/or social worker for more info.
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Actually, for me it's a lot more simple than anything like prescription pain medication.  All I do is go to my local Herb Store, there you will find these tablets that dissolve under your tongue.  There is one that will either be labeled PMS or Cramps.  They work wonders.  I've had Endometriosis for 6 years, and that's the ONLY thing that will help me other than Magnesium tablets.  They are supposed to be a natural muscle relaxer.  Just be careful, the magnesium will make the IBS symptoms that the endometriosis causes worse.  Hope you feel better!
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Some neurologists will put you on compazine.  I hated it!  Also Visteril ( an antihistamine) can be used for nausea.  Or the natural way that the others said I've heard is good is ginger.  My problem is I'm allergic to it!  Good luck!  I know it is miserable!  I tell people it's about in the same catagory as pain!
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During the menstural cycle the body becomes very sesitive to pain due to hormonal influences, hence the sore breasts for some and the terrible pain of abdominal cramps.\nThe cramps themselves are due to the contration of the smooth muscle tissue of the uterus. Smooth muscle is the type of muscle that you have no control over. The uterus contracts during the cycle in order to get rid of the unfertilised ovum (egg) and the linning of the uterine wall (which would have housed the fertilised egg). Its just like giving birth to an unfertilised egg.\n\nIn order to reduce the pain you can either use pain killers which will block the pain receptors in the brain so that although their are contractions your body is not responding to them, or otherwise you can stop the contractions by using medication that will relax the smooth muscle tissue eg buscopan. It is worthy of note that relaxing the muscles of the uterus during mensturation may likely increase the amount of bleeding although you will be pain-free.
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midol...it doesn't work for me..i have to take extra-strength tylenol...and just so you know, I'm on the pill and it didn't help with my cramps.  If you are sexually active though, I suggest you get on the pill and do it quick.  If you don't want to get on the pill and midol/tylenol don't work for you, I suggest having your gynocologist prescribe some vicodin for you, but most people end up becoming addicted to vicodin.
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I hope this gets to you in time and I am sorry..I know how bad back pain can be.\n\nSince my insurance has discontinued paying my once a week visits to the chiropractor (I had multiple severe injuries and it helped to see him),.\n\nI can't afford it for 2 years and have found great help for any muscle pain from MAGNETS. \n\nSometimes within 5 minutes and often by morning, all pain is gone or greatly reduced.  Magnets work on between 85-90% of people.\n\n I use magnelyfe brand (but the tape is no longer any good and doesnt stick and you lose magnets so don't use the tape that comes with it...the tape (waterproof) that you stick magnets on with USED to stick 3 days but they redesigned it and  now only sticks  5 minutes (on me anyway).  \n\nI have been using waterproof first aid tape at the grocery till I find a magnet supplier tape I like.  I use 10,000 guass disc magnets  ( they are about $20 for two but on sale here for 13.99 (plus s & H) or do a search or try local health food stores.\n\nhttp://www.myvitanet.com/magneodmagsu.html\n**********************************************************\n\n**********************************************************\n\nDr. Schulze's formula "deep tissue oil is said to be good (i-800-herbdoc)\n  \nhttp://www.herbdoc.com/p58.asp\n\n************************************************************************************************************************\n\nAlso try hot/cold showers..run the water as hot as you can take it on the area for one minute then switch to ice cold for one minutes..do 7 hots and seven colds (eventually you will be able o take hotter and colder when you get used to it).\n***********************************************************\n***********************************************************\n\n                   IMPORTANT\n\nThe most longer lasting help is by visiting a good chiropractor trained in the palmer method.  I was in 20-25 wrecks (only a couple my fault) and also hit by a car while walking and almost run over (I was under her car) \n\n A neurologist said my low back (I also had other injuries) was extremely herniated and I needed immediate surgery...\n\nI said I wanted to try conservative treatment with my chiropractor first (because I knew he had fixed me before).  The neurologist angrily screamed at me as I was leaving "I guarantee you'll be back in a week--you will not be able to stand the pain."  Thankfully, I never had to go back and submit to his knife.\n\nAlthough my back will never be normal as each time it's injured it is more fragile, weakened, and prone to injury and although it took considerable time, my chiropractor fixed me--I went from a wheelchair to walking (now walking about 45 minutes a day but could do more if I tried)..so I love my chiropractor.\n\nI thank God I didn't get surgery as I run into people all the time who are still screwed up because of surgery 20 years later.  I suspect I would be a lot worse off if not for my chiropractor...(I have an especially good one--smart and nice)..he said mine was the worst herniated disk he ever worked on.  \n\nKeep in mind as the muscles are pulled and disc put back in place via adjustments to the correct allignment,(muscles  stretch and get used to the wrong place ) they are usually not strong enough to hold and slip back to the bad place..consequently,the chiropractor must do it repeatedly (requiring sometimes a few visits a week) sometimes you might feel worse after an adjustment (if I did it was usually better in an hour or so) but eventually it will stay in the right place longer and longer until one day it is fine. \n\n Government studies show chiropractic (and excerise) are the best treatments for low back pain.  The AMA was angry at this study and lobbied to stop another one about neck pain where chiropractic is also a star.  Don't be tense or afraid as that makes it harder to adjust..concentrate on relaxing (I find putting cold pack on it right before s
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best thing i have found on the market is estroven...found at wal-mart. tried to do the separate herb things, and it didn't work. this stuff is great, and helps you sleep at nite. not many things i will endorse, but i will this product!!!
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tylenol or pms meds, hot packs, time, move around
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ginger tea is good for nausea.  chemo doesn't help pain, it kills cancer cells.  need to talk to doc about stronger pain meds
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Motrin is pretty good. Within an hour you will have total pain relief. Buy the gelcaps. They are small and easy to swallow.\n\nIf you don't want to take medicine, there is not much that will help. Just wear loose fitting clothing, get a hot mug of tea and snuggle under a blanket in front of the TV until the next day. You should feel better in the morning.
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There are tablets which you can take which aren't hormone based but which help to decrease the flow and the pain.\n\nMefenamic Acid is an anti-prostaglandin (prostaglandins cause the pain during your period) and you take it for a few days before your period is due and for the first couple of days of your period. It help reduce the pain, and also over time reduces the amount of blood loss.\n\nTranexamic acid is an anti-fibrinolytic and is used to reduce blood flow. \n\nBoth tranexamic acid and mefenamic acid can be used together to reduce blood flow during a period. However, the best thing really is to go onto the birth control pill - it dramatically reduces bleeding and pain.\n\nAlso, since your periods are irregular, it may be worth speaking to your doctor about having blood tests done, or possibly an ultrasound to see whether you may have something like PCOS.
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Try an over-the-counter medication like Midol, or you can ask you pharmacist to recommend an over the counter medication. If the pain persists, get your doctor to prescribe you medication for the pain. Also, you might try a heating pad and/or a shot of whiskey.