What treatments for heavy periods are there for a young woman?

What treatments for heavy periods are there for a young woman?

Teenagers and young women wishing to retain their fertility generally require medical treatment. The combined oral contraceptive pill is frequently an effective first choice for younger patients particularly when there is need for contraception. Teenagers with heavy periods may be having anovulatory (eggs are not being released) cycles; progestogens taken in the second half of the cycle may be effective and are frequently favoured by parents with understandable concerns about starting their young daughter on the pill. Tranexamic acid, two or three tablets taken three or four times daily, on the usually heavy period days is otherwise a sensible first choice. When pain accompanies the heavy loss, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent may be appropriate. Mefenamic acid 500 mg three times daily is a popular selection.

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