Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!susie From: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Newsgroups: net.women.only Subject: Re: pain relievers and periods Message-ID: <543@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 00:38:13 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.543 Posted: Mon Dec 10 00:38:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:38:45 EST References: <978@phs.UUCP> Reply-To: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 26 Summary: In article <978@phs.UUCP> sam@phs.UUCP (Sherry Marts) writes: > > On occasion (once every three or four cycles) I suffer from >uterine cramps so intense m leg muscles cramp, I have diarrhea and >vomiting, and I faint. Me, too. In the last ten years, I think I must have tried almost every prescription drug that anyone recommended for cramps. Here are some of the best non-prescription cures I've found: 1) Eat (protein and carbohydrates) every few hours to keep your blood sugar steady. (This is very difficult for me, because I often feel sick enough that the last thing I want to do is eat.) 2) Hot tea. (Tea's a diuretic, and just having something warm in your stomach also seems to help.) 3) If you get bad leg cramps, get someone to massage your legs. 4) Several friends of mine have recommended calcium. For me, it caused the worst cramps I've EVER had! I hope this helps somebody. Does anybody have some others that I haven't tried? Sue Brunkow Univ. of Wisconsin {seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie