Please share an interesting fact about living with menstrual cramps.

Ignore: Women who continue to have pain after NSAID and birth control pills need a further evaluation.

Ignore: Exercise can help menstrual cramping pains.

Ignore: Frequent vigorous exercise can improve your cramps.

Ignore: NSAIDS can help pain.

Ignore: Take your birth control pills and get rid of your cramps. Do not need to suffer. Exercise daily.

Ignore: If not allergic take anti-inflamatory meds 2-3 days before your period.

Ignore: Orgasm can reduce menstrual cramps.

Ignore: Nsaids, ibuprofen, ponstel, birth control pills, nuvaring,& mirena (levonorgestrel) iud are all options for treatment.

Ignore: Warm compress applied to the abdomen can often help to relieve some of the pain.

Ignore: Thermacare works really well. Take an NSAID like Aleve (naproxen) or Motrin as soon as you start having cramps.

Ignore: Start an NSAID before cramps are expected; might keep them from coming.

Ignore: Birth control pills help decrease pain when NSAIDS like Aleve (naproxen) or Motrin don't work.

Ignore: Exercise helps decrease menstrual cramps.

Ignore: Start pain medicine as soon as you feel the slightest cramp.

Painful: Painful periods is called dysmenorrhea and affects up to half of all menstratimg women. NSAIDS work!

Ignore: You don't have to live with menstrual cramps if you regulate your periods with contraception!

Some: Some types of birth control, like the pill, can help reduce or suppress menstrual cramps.

Ignore: For menstrual pain, try 1-2 naproxen and extra magnesium the day before it starts.

Ignore: In quire with your gyn physician about using oral bcp's, as menstrual cramps will be greatly reduced.