[net.women.only] Hello!

dyer@wivax.UUCP (09/01/83)

It seems that excessive prostaglandin synthesis contributes to menstrual
cramps.  Strangely, aspirin, the major component of Midol, which acts
as a prostaglandin inhibitor, is only moderately effective in controlling
cramps.  There are several new aspirin-like drugs which have been shown
more effective in treating cramps.  These are:

	mefenamic acid (Ponstel)
	naproxen (Naprosyn)

Ask your doctor or gynecologist about them.

/Steve Dyer
decvax!wivax!dyer

heretyk@abnjh.UUCP (S. Heretyk) (09/02/83)

I never get cramps -- must be another male scheme to
keep me isolated from other women....!!!!!!
				Shelley Heretyk

rt1tt@ihps3.UUCP (09/03/83)

When my doctor prescribed an anti-inflammatory drug, MOTRIN, for arthiritis
he said that they found out by coincidence that it works very well on cramps.
The drug has very few side-effects.