For the temporary relief of these symptoms associated with menstrual periods:
Cramps
Bloating
Water-weight gain
Headaches
Backaches
Muscle aches
Fatigue
Breast tenderness
Drug Interaction Precautions
Alcohol Warning: If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take acetaminophen or other pain relievers/ fever reducers. Acetaminophen may cause liver damage.
Caffeine Warning: The recommended dose of this product contains about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. Limit the use of caffeine-containing medications, foods, or beverages while taking this product because too much caffeine may cause nervousness, irritability, sleeplessness, and occasionally, rapid heartbeat.
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking sedatives or tranquilizers.
Warnings
Alcohol Warning: If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take acetaminophen or other pain relievers/fever reducers. Acetaminophen may cause liver damage.
Do not use with any other product containing acetaminophen.
Ask a doctor before use if you have:
glaucoma
difficulty in urination due to enlargement of the prostate gland
a breathing problem such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking sedatives or tranquilizers.
When using this product:
you may get drowsy
avoid alcoholic drinks
excitability may occur, especially in children
alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery
limit the use of caffeine-containing medications, foods, or beverages because too much caffeine may cause nervousness, irritability, sleepleness, and, occasionally, rapid heartbeat.
The recommended dose of this product contains about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.
Stop use and ask a doctor if:
new symptoms occur
redness or swelling is present
pain gets worse or lasts more than 10 days
If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.
Keep out of reach of children.
Overdose Warning: Taking more than the recommended dose can cause serious health problems. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical for adults as well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or symptoms.
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Active Ingredients: (in each caplet): Acetaminophen (500 mg) (Pain Reliever), Caffeine (60mg) (Diuretic, Stimulant), Pyrilamine Maleate (15 mg) (Diuretic)
OK, so if you know you're going to get cramps (keep a calendar - the 28 day rule is pretty reliable give +- a couple of days), you need to take your Midol...Read complete review
OK, so if you know you're going to get cramps (keep a calendar - the 28 day rule is pretty reliable give +- a couple of days), you need to take your Midol BEFORE the onset of cramping. Sounds weird, but this medicine works by blocking prostaglandins, which make your uterus and everything surrounding it cramp (back, bladder, colon, you get the idea). So for Midol to work best, you should take it the day/morning before you know you're going to have your period, and block the cramping before your body releases the prostaglandins. If you wait till after you start cramping, you can expect to wait about 1 hour for the medicine to kick in, since you still have circulating PGs that your body needs to rid before you block the next round. Sounds high-tech, but Midol is a God-send if you take it before cramps. Like the whole week never happened (almost). :) Hope this helps someone!
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BEWARE of JITTERS
I've been taking Midol and Premysn for years, however I have never taken this "Midol Menstrual Complete, Maximum Strength" before. Now, I am normally not so sensitive to caffeine but thi...Read complete review
I've been taking Midol and Premysn for years, however I have never taken this "Midol Menstrual Complete, Maximum Strength" before. Now, I am normally not so sensitive to caffeine but this product caused me really bad jitters, increased heart rate and overall discomfort. Yes, it did take the cramps away but the side effects were an unwelcome trade off. Some people may compare the caffeine in this product to be like the equivalent of drinking a soda, well, it was NOT like that for me. I've never gotten this type of jitters and discomfort from drinking a soda. For any of you gals who have taken diet pills, taking this type of Midol was like taking a diet pills and getting those uncomfortable diet pill jitters. That's the best thing I can compare it to. So, for anyone who hates the jittery feeling and/or may be even slightly sensitive to caffeine, I recommend choosing a different type of Midol, one without caffeine, or Premysn which has also worked very well for me.
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This medication did not relieve the pain at all. I recommend taking Midol Extended Relief, which contains Naproxen. Take about 500mg of Naproxen(my GYN doctor prescribes this dose for severe cramps).
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
I am now in my 40's and have more problems with cramps and other PMS symptoms (including migraines and bloating) than I did even 5 years ago. Motrin used to always work fine for me but now I need just a little something extra to take the edge off the bloating. I tried Midol and found it did help. I only take 1 tablet at a time b/c the caffeine can make me jittery but the pyrilamine can make me drowsy. I know they are supposed to cancel each other out but just doesn't happen for me. As an added bonus, the caffiene will often help my headaches/migraines if I don't take too much.
So I would still take this with generic advil or aleve, using this for symptoms of bloating, not too much of either. Check with your doctor or pharmacist for the right amount to take and if that doesn't work, something else may be in needed. For me, going back on BCP also helped.
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
I used Midol as a last resort this morning due to the severity of my cramps, aches in my lower back and inner and outer thighs. I've used this product before without any success in relieving these symptoms (not even the cramps) but out of desperation tried again. I was surprised to notice that hours later my cramps and aches weren't as severe, but nevertheless still bothersome. In addition, in the middle of my mythology class (thirty minutes after taking Midol) my heart became to race rapidly, slow down, and race rapidly (and what felt like very hard in my chest). I was panicking a little not realizing why my heartbeat was becoming so erratic. Later, I couldn't hold my pencil straight due to my shaking hands, or even scale stairs with my shaking legs. I came home and looked at the caffeine in it and looked up symptoms it caused and realized that this was a side effect due to that. It was a very unsettling feeling and left me feeling nervous most of the day. So if you do take midol, I would suggest taking it with water, or drinking water throughout the duration of the day. The caffeine doesn't usually affect people like this, but it may due to my being slightly underweight as well.
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i started takin midol when i first started my cycle...i used to have cramps so bad ppl had to carry me...midol only worked once that time and it worked my whole cycle....the next time i started and i took the midol it didnt work so i had to start going to an obgyn cause the pain was that bad....when i went to the doctor they did an ultra sound and found something on my cervix they thought it could have been cancer or a tumer....well i had surgery (laperoscopy) and they found nothin there but my cervix was tilted 25 degrees....so they did something to me lol...when i woke up to go in recovery i didnt have cramps at all but my stomach was really sore....two days later while i was still recovering i had cramps worst than ever before and an headache out of this world....so i took ibeuprofen it kinda helped a little bit...my cramps were still bad so they put me on birth control like the midol it only worked once.....so i got a new obgyn and he gave me a thing called a nuva ring...i must say that nuva ring worked really well for the first three months oh and i forgot to tell you im only 16.....now today i started at church and my boyfriend had to bring me home.....but later today i got the strength to get up and go to wal mart to go some pain killers.....and the first thing i saw was Midol Menstrual Complete i thought maybe i can try midol again since u havent used it since the 5th grade...so as soon as i paid for it and a drink i took the pills right there in the store and sat for a little while and it Worked! on the way homei was falling asleep( im glad i dnt dtay that far from wal mart) i came home layed down and my boyfriend rubbed my back till i fell asleep....when i woke up i had no pain....so i took it again and my boyfriend ran me some bath water...i kno yall might be wondering why i have a house and a car at the age sixteen well i graduate next year i wanted thiis as a graduation gift....anyway the midol is working mircales and i mean it i thought i would never use midol again but this one is good and fas acting and guess what it cut my period short even tho it was only three days anyway but now its one so i recommend you to use this midol if you havent it works.....i also heard drinking lemon juice helps but it only made the pain worst.
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
I've been taking Midol and Premysn for years, however I have never taken this "Midol Menstrual Complete, Maximum Strength" before. Now, I am normally not so sensitive to caffeine but this product caused me really bad jitters, increased heart rate and overall discomfort. Yes, it did take the cramps away but the side effects were an unwelcome trade off. Some people may compare the caffeine in this product to be like the equivalent of drinking a soda, well, it was NOT like that for me. I've never gotten this type of jitters and discomfort from drinking a soda. For any of you gals who have taken diet pills, taking this type of Midol was like taking a diet pills and getting those uncomfortable diet pill jitters. That's the best thing I can compare it to. So, for anyone who hates the jittery feeling and/or may be even slightly sensitive to caffeine, I recommend choosing a different type of Midol, one without caffeine, or Premysn which has also worked very well for me.
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
i remember midol not working for me in high school, but this month i decided to try it again (after 5 years). i have horrible crying pain cramps and it wasn't effective at all for the pain, although i like the caffeine. i took 3 of thm initially and then three more two hours later, to no avail. i think ibuprofin is much better
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
OK, so if you know you're going to get cramps (keep a calendar - the 28 day rule is pretty reliable give +- a couple of days), you need to take your Midol BEFORE the onset of cramping. Sounds weird, but this medicine works by blocking prostaglandins, which make your uterus and everything surrounding it cramp (back, bladder, colon, you get the idea). So for Midol to work best, you should take it the day/morning before you know you're going to have your period, and block the cramping before your body releases the prostaglandins. If you wait till after you start cramping, you can expect to wait about 1 hour for the medicine to kick in, since you still have circulating PGs that your body needs to rid before you block the next round. Sounds high-tech, but Midol is a God-send if you take it before cramps. Like the whole week never happened (almost). :) Hope this helps someone!
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
I took Midol today for the third time. After trying it out previous months and it not working I decided to give it one more chance. I can now official say Midol is useless. Not only did it not work at all, is it possible I felt even worse? I would have to say my cramps can be pretty intense at the start of my period, but other pain killers usually does the trick (even though it takes a while to kick in). Midol never started working!!! I waited about 3 hours and nothing. That's a long time when the pain is so intense that you feel like fainting. Not to mention the pills are huge! Overall, I in no way, shape, or form felt like the cheerful girls in bikinis in the Midol commericals.
Comments about Midol Complete, Caplets, Value Size, 40 ea:
I was scheduled to work Labor Day and was not looking forward to it in the first place and when my cramps got intense I was planning to just call in sick and get written up. Then someone recommended I take Midol when I could not get anyone to cover my shift. Anyway, I thought Midol would be like Aleve and just mildly numb the cramps but it definitely worked much better. The cramps still hurt sporadically but Midol gave me energy and eased the pain significantly. My only complaint is that it took about 30-40 minutes to really take effect but it was well worth the wait. (I also suggest trying Midol with a thermal heating patch to help alleviate menstrual pain even more.)
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