Why you might not be buying the right pain relief for period cramps
Many women are buying less effective pain medication for period cramps, supermarket data suggests.
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"I don't think I'm going out on a limb here by saying that if men got period pain, we'd know a lot more about it by now."
— Prof James Goulding , Academic
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Many women are buying less effective pain medication for period cramps, supermarket data suggests.
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