What Medical treatments for available for my heavy periods.

Medications used include:-

  • combined oral contraceptive pills.
  • progestogens (e.g. Norethisterone{e.g. Primolut N}, Dydrogesterone {Duphaston}, and Medroxyprogesterone {Provera})
  • tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron)
  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (e.g. mefenamic acid {Ponstan})
  • gonadotrophic releasing hormone agonists.
  • hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  • danazol (Danol)
  • gestrinone (Dimetrioise)
  • ethamsylate (Dicynene)
  • antibiotics  
  • buscopan (an antispasmodic) may help painful periods. 
  • the levonorgestrel intrauterine system, although developed as a highly effective and reversible method of contraception, provides excellent reduction in menstrual loss. This benefit is due to local release of the progestogen levonorgestrel within the uterine cavity. (Mirena).
  • Depo-Provera (Depo-Provera)

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This is the personal website of David A Viniker MD FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Whipps Cross University Hospital, London - Specialist Interests - Reproductive Medicine including Infertility, PCOS, PMS, Menopause and HRT.

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