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My painful journey with severe menstrual periods

I remember so many things from my boarding days back in high school. But I remember one thing in particular: The common drug “mefanamic”. It was the magic pill that our school nurse had in plenty. All students with dysmenorrhoea(severe menstrual periods) informally believed that they could not do without it.

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