Hormone-free tablets for heavy periods.
Cyklokapron is an anti-fibrinolytic drug. It’s used to stop or reduce unwanted bleeding for several conditions, including heavy periods.
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Cyklokapron is a type of medicine called an anti-fibrinolytic drug. These medicines are used to stop and reduce excessive unwanted bleeding. When you bleed your body will make blood clots to help stop the bleeding. However, for some people, the blood clots also break down which causes excessive bleeding or heavy bleeding. Cyklokapron’s job is to stop the blood clots from dissolving and reduce unwanted bleeding for a short period of time.
This can be particularly helpful for women who have heavy menstrual bleeds.
Tranexamic acid is the active ingredient in Cyklokapron. It’s a synthetic version of an amino acid called lysine. This medicine prevents the breakdown of blood clots. It does this by blocking the activation of a protein called plasminogen and the lysine receptor, which are responsible for breaking down blood clots into smaller pieces. Tranexamic acid prevents this process from happening.
Cyklokapron is used to help slow bleeding for several different conditions. As well as helping to slow heavy periods (also called menorrhagia), it can also be used to treat post-surgery bleeding, frequent nose bleeds, bleeding caused by cervical concision surgery, and as a preparation for haemophiliacs (people who bleed easily) to prevent blood loss before procedures like dental extractions. You can take it orally or by injection. We currently only offer it as a tablet.
Cyklokapron comes in one tablet dose, of 500mg tranexamic acid. If you believe you are still experiencing heavy bleeding on this dose, you should contact your clinician to discuss a different treatment.
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Always use this treatment exactly as explained by your clinician.
To take Cyklokapron tablets, always have them with a glass of water and swallow them whole. Don’t crush or chew them.
Your prescriber will tell you how long to take them for.
It depends if you’re taking it as a tablet or an injection. The injection is faster, but you’re much more likely to have this in a clinical setting for surgery-related conditions. After injecting, the amount of tranexamic acid in the bloodstream peaks immediately and then slowly decreases after six hours. The time it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated from the body is about 3 hours.
If you’re taking Cyklokapron for heavy periods, you’re much more likely to be prescribed tablets. It can take up to 24 hours for the tablet to start working when taken as directed.
If you accidentally take too much Cyklokapron, speak to a doctor. Taking an excessive amount of Cyklokapron can cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or lightheadedness when standing up. If you forget to take it, don’t take a double dose to make up for a missed dose. Simply take the next dose as planned and skip the one you missed.
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I wanted to try this on recommendation of two nurses. I have tried every hormonal thing that has been given to me and they all affected my mental health so severely, and just caused me to bleed a little bit constantly, that I can't take them. I am actually booked in for an ablation and sterilisation next month. Why nobody has given me this before I do not know but I needed to try it in a hurry. I can't get an appointment with my GP for 5 weeks so I took a punt here. I'm so glad I did. It is early days but I started using the tranexamic acid on my last period and oh my goodness, the difference is insane. I usually have to live on narcotic painkillers for 3-4 days each cycle just to get through the day with less pain. The tranexamic acid vastly reduced my bleeding AND the pain. Hopefully this will continue and I can forego the risks of surgery. I'll be asking my GP to prescribe this when I can finally see them but it is so reassuring to know that I can access this medication via Treated if necessary. Thank you so much.
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Heavy periods: Here are some other options.
Cheaper, generic form of Utovlan. Progestin pill you start a few days before your period is due.
Branded tablet treatment that eases heavy periods and period pain too.
Progestin pill that delays your period. Just take Provera three days before, three times a day.
Treatment for heavy periods without the hormones. So it doesn't alter your cycle.
Brand of Norethisterone. 3 tablets a day, 3 days before your period to delay bleeding.
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