Why you might not be buying the right pain relief for period cramps
It also helps manage a high temperature, so can be useful if you have flu, for example. Researchers looked at purchases from 3.4 million shoppers between 2006 and 2015.Half of menstrual product transactions also included a pain product, the study published in PLoS Digital Health journal found.Of those pills, around two-thirds were paracetamol-based and the other third being ibuprofen. Co-researcher Dr Anya Skatova, from Bristol University, stressed that the data is more of a snapshot rather than fully representative for the nation.
- ▪It also helps manage a high temperature, so can be useful if you have flu, for example.
- ▪Researchers looked at purchases from 3.4 million shoppers between 2006 and 2015.Half of menstrual product transactions also included a pain product, the study published in PLoS Digital Health journal found.Of those pills, around two-thirds
- ▪Co-researcher Dr Anya Skatova, from Bristol University, stressed that the data is more of a snapshot rather than fully representative for the nation.
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Why you might not be buying the right pain relief for period cramps6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMichelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesMany women may not be using the most effective pain medication for period cramps, according to a big study of supermarket till receipts.A decade of loyalty card data across 211 million transactions in an unnamed chain of high street stores in England found paracetamol was the most common painkiller bought alongside tampons and sanitary towels.But experts say ibuprofen could be a better choice for many because it is more effective at dealing with muscle cramps.The transactions reveal the "scale and impact" of period pain and how people manage it, which has not been studied much before, say the researchers.Paracetamol is perhaps…
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