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I am 38 and in past year my periods have become extremely heavy , last 2-3 longer and have huge clots?
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Many options: There are multiple options. Hormonal treatments such as birth control pills, Progesterone treatments and the Mirena (levonorgestrel) iud are effective reversible treatments that will help many people. There is also a drug called Lysteda that contains no hormones which will help others. If you are done having children discuss the option of an endometrial ablation.
Answered 10/11/2016
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