What treatment options exist for excessive menstrual bleeding?
Doctors usually begin with the simplest treatment options first, for obvious reasons. The typical treatment regimen for excessive menstrual bleeding begins with drug therapy, which may reduce, but not eliminate menstrual bleeding. The effectiveness of drug therapy depends on continued dosing, and the symptoms often return once the treatment is stopped. Drug therapy does not affect a woman’s future ability to have children. Dilatation and Curettage (D&C) is usually the next recommended treatment. D&C has been used as a therapy for excessive menstrual bleeding for many years. One drawback is that its efficacy is usually limited to the first few menstrual cycles after the procedure. After that, the endometrium builds up again, and the heavy bleeding may return. An exception to this would be if polyps (a growth in the uterine lining, usually benign (non-cancerous)) are causing your problem. In this case, if the D&C removes the polyps, normal menstrual flow may return. A hysterectomy, the s
