what do you take for bad period pain? prescription or not?

[BBBee]

am thinking of going to doctor for some medication for my period as am popping nurofen plus constantly for the five days and not that effective really.

What do you take and is it any good?

Are you getting enough iron and things? I think caffeine can naff up your iron levels.

bb it may be worth seeing a gyny, i did and she found out why, but didn't solve it unfortunately. mine sometimes gets so bad i take sleeping tablets.

thanks - okay, will look into iron supplement - oh and the caffine, it always comes back to the caffine

hifi - was the gyny helpful then? sleping pills might help (unless giving up the caffine is enough)

she told me why but couldnt do anything.
always happens about 4am,i dont have to wear anything as nothing come out unless i stand up, thats what causes mine, pressure.

thank you - do any pain killers help?

I used to take Feminax as I had dreadful periods. It really helped but you can't drive because it make you feel quite sleepy.

i get advil from us,works for me.

I take Solpadeine Max and ibuprofen if it's bad and sit with a hot water bottle plus drink hot drinks and it eases

Bee, talk to Fmv about vit c and iron. She is wise.
Also, I don't usually "do" supplements, but a friend of mine has started taking Floradix, it's all natural, and she is rushing about feeling on top of the world, running a business full time and being very pg, so might be worth a try.

you can get Feminax over the counter now.

I found the best thing for my period pain was Buscopan. It's an antispasmodic so not a pain killer but what it did was stop the cramps and once they were stopped, I realised that was what was causing the pain. It's now advertised as Buscopan IBS (as IBS sufferers take it for cramps) but it was always used as a period pain treatment by doctors. You can get that over the counter too. It's definitely worth trying.

PONSTAN is a painkiller especially for period pains

its wonderful

when i got my coil fitted the clinic told me i would experience really bad period pains for a few days and they gave me a weeks supply of ponstan

worked very well

I used to love feminax, went from feeling like you've been kicked in the bottom by a horse to cloud floaty in half an hour.

Raspberry leaf tea is really good

BBBee have you had it for long, this pain? I mean have you always had pain and it's getting worse, or is it a new thing?

I wonder if you ought to see a Gynae. I have endometriosis and really it's something you need to see someone about, in case it could be that.

I read that feminax had changed recently - they took out the hyoscine (lovely floaty stuff imo) as I think it gave some people a reaction. Basically it is just codeine and paracetamol now I think.

I don't suffer massively now, but if I feel the cramps starting I always take something straight away, rather than wait and see if it might get worse. I find nurofen no good, paracetamol or aspirin a bit better.

I take mefenamic acid, a prescribtion one. It also helps reduce bleeding if you heavy

naproxen has just become available over the counter, its like ibuprofen but stronger, think it's marketed as feminax plus or something like that. Would be able to take cocodamol with it if you wanted and it was suitable for you?

I used to use feminax before they took the hyoscine out too, but spent most of the last 2 years PG or BF so not been having the joy of period pain much lately