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        • Medicine 1: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
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      • Habit 1: Complex Carbohydrate Diet
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      • Medicine 1: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
      • Medicine 2: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
      • Medicine 3: Quetiapine
      • Medicine 4: Oral Contraceptives
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      • Vitamin D3
      • Vitamin E + Multivitamins
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      • TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
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      • Medicine 1: NSAIDs
        • DRESS SYNDROME
      • Medicine 2: Drotaverine
      • Medicine 3: Combined Oral Contraceptives
      • Medicine 4: Progestin
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    • Habit 1: Yoga
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    • Remedy 1: Heat Therapy
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    • April 2025
      • 1. Can tampons get lost inside the vagina?
      • 2. Coffee worsens period cramps
      • 3. Exercise worsens period cramps
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Treatments

What Is Covered In The Treatment Of Cramps

The primary goal of period cramps treatment is to alleviate symptoms and minimize their impact on daily activities.

Treatment of dysmenorrhea should be individualized according to the patient’s symptom profile and should include nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions.

Non-pharmacological treatment includes

  1. Supplements

  2. Devices

Pharmacological treatment includes:

  1. Non-hormonal medicine

  • NSAIDs

  • Acetaminophen or Paracetamol

  1. Hormonal medicine

  • Combined Oral Contraceptives

  • Progestin

How To Navigate?

We have divided the treatment section into 4 sub-sections, which cover different types of treatment options available to treat dysmenorrhea. It includes:

  1. Supplements (Non-Pharmacological): This section covers different supplements available to treat dysmenorrhea, covering what they are, how they work, their efficacy in relieving period cramps, and side effects.

  2. Devices: The Device section includes devices available in the market that have been useful in relieving dysmenorrhea.

  3. Medicines (Pharmacological): The Medicine section covers all the medicines available that have proven to be useful in treating dysmenorrhea.

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