Can I take medicine when I have my period?

Women have their periods every month. It is a normal physiological characteristic that occurs every month and will accompany women for decades. However, you need to be careful during your periods that various hormone drugs cannot be used because they will interfere with women's physiological cycles. You should also be careful not to take some drugs that can promote blood circulation and accelerate blood coagulation during menstruation.

Precautions when taking medication during menstruation

First of all, various hormone drugs should not be taken at will. Regular female menstrual cycles are precisely regulated by the endocrine system, so it is important to maintain the normal state of the endocrine system.

However, since the endocrine system function is easily disturbed, especially when the body is affected by exogenous hormone drugs, it will cause the body's own endocrine axis to be disrupted, causing abnormalities in the menstrual cycle, menstrual duration and menstrual blood volume.

Moreover, this effect occurs not only during menstruation, but also affects other periods of the menstrual cycle. If you have to take medication for some special reasons, it is best to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

Secondly, some anticoagulants or drugs that inhibit platelet function, such as warfarin, heparin, aspirin, etc., should also be used with caution. Although blood loss during menstruation does not cause much harm to the body.

However, the pelvic organs will become congested before menstruation, and the fibrinolytic function is relatively hyperactive compared to the coagulation function during menstruation, which is a more dangerous period for patients with coagulation diseases.

If you take anticoagulants at this time, it may lead to excessive menstrual bleeding, prolonged menstrual period, or even menstrual cycle disorders. Therefore, women who take this type of medication intermittently or for a long time, such as those suffering from renal dialysis, thromboembolic disease, heart valve disease after valve replacement, atherosclerosis and other diseases, should be particularly careful when taking medication during menstruation.

In addition, since menstrual blood continues to flow out during menstruation, the cervix relaxes, the immunity of the reproductive tract mucosa decreases, and the menstrual blood environment is conducive to bacterial growth. At this time, some external medications such as suppositories used through the vaginal route should be avoided as much as possible, and do not use lotions for sitz baths or direct vaginal irrigation, etc., so as to avoid causing retrograde infection and destroying the normal environment of the reproductive tract.

Of course, we cannot generalize and stop all medication during menstruation. If necessary, you should consult a doctor to weigh the pros and cons and get through the special physiological period scientifically.