Menstrual Cramp Solutions
What's your solution for menstrual cramps?

Evening Primrose Oil and Heat

Posted by: Mamakass on Wed Mar 21, 2007

I'm allergic to NSAIDs, which are all the over-the-counter painkillers besides acetaminophen, which is worthless for cramps. So I found an herb that does the same thing (there are a lot of them, just google "antiprostaglandins") called Evening Primrose Oil. You can buy it at CVS, probably Walmart, lots of places. You have to take it when the cramps are just starting (or before they start as a preventative measure) but they don't work if the pain has already started. So I take them once every 8 hours or so on days when I should be crampy, and if I miss it or get crampy anyway I always use a heating pad.

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