If you take iron pills will that stop your period flow from being so heavy?

Answer 1

If you have been anemic for some time - your periods may have become slight. With iron stores replaced they will become normal again.

If your periods hadn't changed from the anemia they won't change from the iron either.

Answer 2

Yes, there are ways to reduce menstrual flow.

Typically women will lose around 35ml of blood per cycle, anything over 80ml is considered heavy but not necessarily abnormally heavy. If you are leaking through an ultra tampon or overnight pad within an hour it is best to talk to your doctor just to make sure there is no underlying health problem causing the heavy bleeding.

Medications such as Tranexamic Acid and Mefenamic Acid from your doctor are one of the best ways to reduce flow - these are taken three times per day for the first three days of your periods and will reduce flow by up to 50%, with few side-effects. Other NSAID's like ibuprofen can help reduce flow too, just be careful of dosage used.

Hormonal Birth Control or medications like progesterone pills can reduce bleeding by reducing uterus lining build-up - although do bare in mind hormonal methods effect or suppress your menstrual cycles so risk multiple side-effects. Using hormonal birth control to reduce flow is not a very good idea and not the most effective method.

Herbal treatments such as chaste tree or evening primrose oil can regulate hormones to help reduce flow long-term - chaste tree in the form of a tincture taken daily is highly effective, also taking daily multi-vitamins can help too. Another herbal treatment is coffee, this constricts blood vessels in the uterus to reduce flow, the effect is not huge but is noticeable - although avoid coffee if you're prone to menstrual cramps.

Tampons have been shown to increase bleeding - theoretically this may be due to vaginal damage caused by tampons drying out vaginal tissues causing bleeding, or chemicals in many brands of tampons having some effect on menstrual health. Switching to cloth pads, softcups or menstrual cups can see significant reduction in flow for some women - menstrual cups are also the best way to manage heavy flow as they hold more than tampons and pads, can be worn at any time, and don't leak like other options.

Answer 3

eat fish...i dont remember what it has in it, but its something that reduces the flow and can sometimes shorten it too.

Answer 4

Yes.