Question for Women probably TMI

 I get really bad cramps when I get my period. Its excrushiating at times. Before my RNY I would take Advil to  take care of the pain and it would work. Now after over 2 years I still get the horrible pains but can not take the advil to cure it anymore and tylenol doesnt work. My Dr. prescribed me something for pain but I find its too strong and makes me sleepy. What do you all take? 

Not sure what he gave you but you can always cut it in half and add a tylenol?

 I am pre op but I have adjusted all my meds to be post op friendly....

I find the tylenol to be crap too. but I use a warm to hot compress/heating pad when I am at home .. and I find that robax helps better then plain tylenol .. but I get the cramping in my back too

midol is Acetaminophen so that is WLS friendly too

Be careful I was told by the APN that some of the robax medications contain nsaids.

exercise can sometimes relieve menstrual pain. I use heating pads and just tough it out, but my period has never been excessive.

I agree with the suggestion to half the med the doctor has ordered, if that's possible. Ask your pharmacist if its a pill that can be split or not. 

Maybe see a gynecologist and see if there's something that can help that's wls friendly, or you may need a surgical intervention like uterine ablation or something like that.

Robaxacet is good, as it contains a combination of tylenol and a mild muscle relaxant that helps with uterine cramping. Any of the Robax products that end in "acet" are tylenol-based (stands for acetaminophen); the others may be NSAID-based. 

My cycle has become excruciating, ever since I underwent hormone-based treatments ten years ago, and it just keeps getting worse with age.  I occasionally take tramacet; it's a prescription that contains a mild opiate pain killer (tramadol) combined with tylenol.  Hope you find something that works for you.

I was prescribed Tramacet And I find it makes me nauseous. Trying to find something out there that works. I will try the Robaxacet though.

I had an ablation...best thing I ever did! No more periods!

You could get a Mirena IUD, most women stop having periods within a couple of months having it inserted, and then you've got your birth control covered too!

not sure what your doctor gave you but make sure it doesn't contain tylenol as well...if you took it with tylenol you may accidentally take more than is safe. 

Other suggestions are birth control patches (instead of pills).  They work much like the birth control pill but since it is absorbed thru the skin, you don't run into absorption issues due to RNY.  Menstrual cramps often respond really well to birth control pills.

Good luck.