Mefenamic acid and Stomach Pain: What Users Say

• Rem...
• July 14, 2016

For Period Pain "I've had debilitating period cramps ever since I got my first period (I was 12 then.) I'd break out in a cold sweat, start getting dizzy, and shake uncontrollably. On top of that, my legs would hurt like hell, and it would feel as if someone was punching my womb from the inside out. My mother (a doctor who never had such cramps herself) has been giving it to me ever since. I'm twenty-four now, and always knock back a Ponstan with a cup of regular tea when I start getting the familiar cramps. At best, it kicks in within fifteen minutes; at worst, it takes about an hour. Eating toast or anything warm with the tea makes the pill work faster; taking it without eating anything first has given me stomach troubles and also somewhat reduces the effect."

• Unk...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 11, 2020

For Period Pain "I have never taken tablets that give me such bad side effects. When I take these, I have to stay absolutely still for a good hour, otherwise, if I do move and they’re kicking in, I get severe lower back and stomach pain. To the point where I’m shaking and have to get on my hands and knees. And the slowing of the blood loss was very, very delayed and slow. Still bleeding a week after I started taking them."

• Kat...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 28, 2018

For Period Pain "I wish I’d been offered this much earlier. Over the last 2 to 3 years, my periods had been getting gradually heavier. Rather than the awful migraine I used to have, the worst pain started to come from my stomach as I hit my mid-30s. I went to see a doctor, and she prescribed these. She advised me to take them as soon as I felt my period coming. I think this plays a major part in the effectiveness. Obviously, everyone is different, but for me, they work a treat. The stomach pain is still there but nowhere near as bad. I paid the standard one-off prescription charge here in the UK for over a year's worth."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 3, 2019

For Period Pain "I was recommended this medicine after a night in the hospital because of severe cramps, but when I took this, the cramps stopped. But now I am with severe stomach pain and nausea, I can't eat and already spent two nights in the hospital, and nobody knows how to stop it. Don't recommend it."

• Sop...
• February 13, 2016

For Period Pain "I have used mefenamic acid for period pain twice so far and will probably not be using it again. I will still give it a decent review since it helped a lot with my period pain and lessened the bleeding, but after taking one 500 mg tablet the first time (with dinner) I got a stabbing pain in my stomach and severe nausea, however, it went away after about an hour. After about 10 hours, I started to just take ibuprofen for the rest of the period. Next time my period was a bit early, so I had to take M. Acid for the pain again, used it twice with about 10 hours in between, ended up with stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea the next few days (still have it, and my period is done). Hope it won't last..."