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does anyone know how to make cramps feel better?? because mine are so bad that when it happens i automatically keel over... and midol and other pain killers don't help... 
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Hot water bottle or a hot bath might help.
how about for the headaches you get??
If you are going to mix ibruprofen and paracetamol in full doses at 2hr intervals do it for the whole time of your period, not every so often. it's ok if you do it regularly, because you're body can take it, but if you suddenly think must take paracetamol but you havn't taken it all day your body will take a nasty kick from it.
You shouldnt really take Asprin and Ibruprofen together but each of them seperately can be mixed with paracetamol.
You may want to try some of the over the counter med's with codine in. This is a very mild opiate pain killer.
I find Neurofen Max is very effective, thats 200mg Ibruprofen and 12.8mg codine in each pill. If your pain is really bad you could mix two of these tablets with two Sopladine Max. This is 500mg paracetamol with 12.8mg codine.
Thus giving you a little about 50mg codine, 400mg Ibruprofen and 1000mg paracetamol.
Though codine isnt best to be using on a regular basis because it will really back up your digestion.
yup...thats what i do when im in lots of pain. Then i crawl to the bathroom and get a hot water bottle, that really helps too
Trying to relax as much as possible is the best thing though. I get in such a state and it just doesnt help at all.
Also, if you walk about a lot, the pills will work faster into ur bloodstream. So try not to lie in bed - walk around for a bit.
Hot water bottle does nothing for me and a hot bath works while im in there, but once im out, the pain comes back.
Oh well.