Period Pain: Treatment and Medication for Dysmenorrhea

Try which of the following home remedies will help you.

  • A hot water bottle or a warm bath does many sufferers good. Let it go on the “days” just a little quieter and treat yourself consciously a little time out.
  • Many women swear by decramping plant teas from lady’s mantle, goose cinquefoil or yarrow. Good experience also exists with preparations containing monk’s pepper or black cohosh, which have a cycle-regulating effect. Ask your pharmacist for advice.
  • Also has a decramping effect magnesium, which you can take several times a day as an effervescent tablet.
  • Basically, gynecologists recommend regular exercise, which not only leads to better blood circulation, but also decramps and releases increased happiness hormones. Many women therefore specifically use sports against the pain – in addition, it distracts you.
  • Do you see in your complaints rather a psychological cause, autogenic training or yoga can help you. Many yoga exercises increase blood flow to the abdomen – inquire about a course at your adult education center.

Painkillers and pain memory

In cases of severe discomfort, it is advisable to counteract with painkillers before the body develops a permanent pain memory. Suitable agents here are primarily those that prevent the formation of the pain messenger prostaglandin. These include ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and naproxen. Paracetamol blocks the perception of pain in the brain, but does not causally influence the formation of prostaglandin – for women with stomach problems, it can still be an alternative.

If a pain memory has already developed, preparations that induce withdrawal bleeding only after a few months are recommended: In this way, the memory is gradually “erased” again. There is a wide range of help and advice available at your pharmacy.

  • Herbal preparations have a regulating effect on the cycle.
  • Well-tolerated drugs and antispasmodic agents relieve the pain.
  • Effective drugs help against depressive moods that may accompany.

Birth control pill against period pain

Birth control pills are also used to treat period pain. The hormones suppress ovulation and it builds up less mucous membrane in the uterus. If it bleeds during the one-week break from taking the pill, this is just artificially induced withdrawal bleeding due to the drop in hormones – and it does not usually cause discomfort.

Conclusion

Sometimes it also helps to simply wait and see. Often, the discomfort disappears all by itself with age or after childbirth. If you have a daughter who complains of period pain, provide additional support for your child’s body image through gentle education, trusting conversations and attention.