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Old 10-19-2005, 10:42 AM
Paul Paul is offline
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I'm male but I used to date a woman that didn't have back pain as we know it but would have back pain during that time of the month.

During this time there is an increase in something called prostaglandins which basically are one the things that cause inflamation. So if you already have some inflamation going on there and then you ramp up the prostaglandins higher you can see that your back pain is also going to ramp up.

Ibuprofin (and other NSAIDS) blocks the production of prostaglandins.
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