When nsaids came on the market, first prescription only, the one thing they did that no other drug had ever done, was relieve severe menstrual cramping. They made a huge difference in my life. Luckily this is a condition that only required the pills to be used for a few days every month. Now I read that a lchf diet can really help with cramps. I am too old to know whether or not that is true. I haven't taken nsaids in well over a decade but for me I suspect they would still be worth the risks associated with them if lchf didn't work. Before nsaids I took codeine, or darvon or tramadol. My father was a doctor so he would give me whatever high level pain killer he had around. Nsaids changed all that for me.

Jean