DRINK TONIC WATER IT CONTAINS QUININE WICH GETS RID OF THE CRAMPS. FEEL BETTER!
HUGGS, HOPE

this is a tough subject a lot of us have gone through. I too was on high dose BC pills for years due to prolonged excessive period bleeding and cramps. I had massive multiple PE and lung infarction nine months ago. I was very upset not being able to take BC pills to help with that, nor motrin or advil to help with the cramps. Some drs depending on your situation will allow you small doses of ibuprophen even though it's technically not the greatest if they feel the benefits outweigh the risks, but it's absolutely a case by case basis. You can take anti nausea meds on wafarin...have you talked to your OB about options? Tried heating pads? talked to your dr. about herbal treatments?? I know some women have success with the Mirena IUD, though I did not. If your pain is that bad with surgery and periods and such you need to get adequit pain management to heal. I used a fentanyl pain patch for several months to pain my pain (though I'm extremely pain tolerant). It was enough to help out since I threw up all oral pain pills. I'm now doing really well, off warfarin for 6 months and strangely my period is totally normal. Not sure how that happened but it did. I do know that warfarin makes your period a nightmare...the entire time I was on it my period was a million times worse then normal with cramps and heavy bleeding. I'd definitely recommend taking to your OB and PE doc about what you can do. You shouldn't have to suffer.

Hi there.. I had my first period on warfaring a couple of weeks ago.. and am expecting my second in the next week.. :( I'm dreading it! The first one was horrendous! I bled so much it was unbelievable! For some reason I had a really really bad two days, and then hardly anything. I had really bad stomach cramps too and just stayed in my house feeling incredibly sorry for myself. The only thing that worked for my was Co-codamol (codeine and Paracetamol) definately helped with the pain. I had some left over from my knee ligament injury so i took a couple every 4 hours just to take the edge off the cramps and it did work. If my period is just as bad this time then I'm off to the doctors to see if there is anything I can take to help lessen it as its a nightmare!

I hope you feel better soon! There is a light at the end of the tunnel, however small, believe me!

I'm on mine right now (I'm sure you all wanted to know! haha) and my periods are quite painful and I was on BC before my PEs to help that. Since then I can take painkillers but I don't do well with narcotic pills...they just make me totally out of it but I do have them just in case. I take two Tylenol every 6 hours as directed and then keep a heating pad on whenever possible. If you're at work or out somewhere those Thermacare heat things work pretty well too.

If you are in that much pain, call your OBGYN.

Meditation can help. It doesn't make the pain go away but it allows you to cope. Also, warm baths, heating pads etc can help.

I am really nervous about this too! I haven't had a period since having my baby, but I am sure it will be coming soon and my postpartum bleeding was sooo heavy after I started coumadin that I am really dreading the cramps and heavy bleeding!!