Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug resistance in dysmenorrhea: epidemiology, causes, and treatment (opens in new tab)

Although nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs can alleviate menstrual pain, about 18% of women with dysmenorrhea are unresponsive, leaving them and their physicians to pursue less well-studied strategies. The goal of this review is to provide a background for treating menstrual pain when first-line o …