NSAIDs for heavy menstrual bleeding

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reduced relative mean menstrual blood loss by approximately 30% and decreased sanitary product use by 20% to 50% in premenopausal women with heavy menstrual bleeding.

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Abstract

In premenopausal heavy menstrual bleeding without pathologic cause, do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) improve patient outcomes? Based on low-quality evidence, NSAIDs reduce relative mean menstrual blood loss by about 30%, and about 20% to 50% fewer sanitary products are used than

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Menorrhagia Menorrhagia Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Female Humans

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mefenamic acid naproxen ibuprofen levonorgestrel progestin tranexamic acid

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