Are you still suffering from menstrual cramps? The solution is actually very simple.

Painkillers, you who suffer from dysmenorrhea deserve them.

Dysmenorrhea is an indescribable torture for many girls.

It's like driving an excavator, shoveling the inside of the uterus with great force.

In more serious cases, every episode of dysmenorrhea is like a tribulation, which not only makes people lose their ability to move, but also seriously affects their daily life.

Ah, a girl who has never suffered from dysmenorrhea must have been an angel in her previous life!

Ah, girls who suffer from dysmenorrhea don’t need to be sad. After all, we are living in an era of advanced medicine.

According to statistics, 80% of primary dysmenorrhea can be effectively relieved by taking painkillers.

Someone must be asking: Don’t painkillers have side effects? Won’t they be addictive?

Let Ozawa give painkillers a fair name today!

Are menstrual painkillers addictive?

Common painkillers are roughly divided into two types: narcotic analgesics and non-narcotic analgesics.

The painkillers you take during menstrual cramps are the latter, while the addictive painkillers are the former.

Narcotic analgesics, also known as opioid analgesics, are mainly used in clinical surgery and cancer pain. Opium is actually opium, which is extracted from poppies. The active ingredients for pain relief are morphine, codeine, etc. Opioids can "excite" the opioid receptors in the brain, thereby producing analgesic effects and relieving the unpleasantness caused by pain. However, this type of drug is a prescription drug and is strictly controlled by the state. You can't buy it whenever you want. (But the risk of addiction to opioids is also very small when used regularly under the guidance of professionals. The key point is, under the guidance of professionals!)

The painkillers taken during dysmenorrhea are also called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. For example, ibuprofen achieves the analgesic effect by inhibiting the secretion of prostaglandins in the body. Because primary dysmenorrhea is caused by excessive secretion of prostaglandins in the endometrium, which causes strong contraction of uterine smooth muscle and vasospasm. Compared with opioid painkillers, it does not make the brain feel any pleasure, so naturally it is not addictive. And it can be easily purchased in pharmacies.

Do painkillers have side effects?

Although it does happen, it is really insignificant compared to severe dysmenorrhea.

The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may cause some gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, upper abdominal discomfort, etc. Because they inhibit prostaglandins, some types can inhibit gastric acid secretion and protect the gastric mucosa. If painkillers are used for a long time, there is a small probability of gastric bleeding.

But don't worry, because you only take a few tablets a month, it's just occasional use. Long-term use means taking the drug regularly every day for a long time. And ibuprofen is metabolized very quickly, and it is almost undetectable in the body after 2 days, so there is no need to worry about toxins accumulating in the body.

In addition, some gastrointestinal symptoms are caused by menstruation, and painkillers may be blamed for this. As for those who say that painkillers affect fertility, it is pure nonsense.

Girls, stop suffering from spoilers because of the so-called painkiller rumors.

After all, painkillers were invented for a purpose, right?

But in the end, Ozawa still wants to remind everyone that the more painkillers you take, the better the effect. After all, medicine is three-point poison. The recommended dose of ibuprofen is 400-600 mg for 4-6 hours, or 800 mg every 8 hours, and no more than 2400 mg a day. If you really resist painkillers or the degree of dysmenorrhea is relatively small, you can also relieve it through non-drug means, such as hot compresses, non-menstrual aerobic exercise, etc. If it is secondary dysmenorrhea, you must go to the hospital for an in-depth examination and treatment, because the effect of painkillers for secondary dysmenorrhea is very limited, and you still have to find the root cause to solve the problem.