I would like to stop hurting now, please.

[baratron]

I took painkillers an hour ago. They are failing to kill pain. Ouch.

I've been taking a painkiller called Veganin for years. It's the only thing I've ever found that touches period pain. It used to be a combination of paracetamol, codeine and aspirin - but they recently changed the formulation, and now it's just paracetamol and codeine with caffeine. Which I can't use. Great. So I just took Boots' own brand paracetamol and codeine, and it's doing nothing.

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Re: have you tried?

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Hmm, being asthmatic I usually have to avoid muscle relaxants. Don't know if the same applies with this one.

OK, I just looked it up - RXlist says it is contraindicated for people with aspirin-sensitive asthma specifically, which I don't have (yes, an allergy that I actually don't have!), being absolutely fine with aspirin, ibuprofen and salicyclates. Will have to ask the doctor for more help when I go in on Thursday to moan about everything else that's wrong with my body.

I don't know why all the biowomen on LJ seem to have their period at the same time - mine's early, which is the reason my menstrual cramps are so bad. Usually I stop eating and drinking anything containing citrus fruit a couple of days before my period, and that stops the worst of the cramps, but I wasn't prepared for this one because I didn't have mind-numbing PMS or horribly sore breasts (for once), plus it's less than 4 weeks since my last one.