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What would cause pain medication to cause sudden heavy vaginal bleeding?

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Dr. Yun Tran answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Which pain med: The only thing that could potentially cause more bleeding is anti-inflammatory meds like ibuprofen or naproxen, but in reality we actually use them to DECREASE menstrual bleeding because their effect on decreasing menstruation is more pronounced than causing bleeding.

Answered 3/15/2016

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