Can birth control help with dysmenorrhea?

<p>If you have dysmenorrhea (the medical term for extremely painful periods), <a href="/articles-and-videos/how-birth-control-saved-my-period">hormonal birth control can make a big difference</a>. Options like the combination pill or a hormonal IUD can reduce the level of pain and heaviness of your bleeding, basically making it easier for you to live your life when you have your period. There are a bunch of <a href="/articles-and-videos/combined-hormonal-versus-progestin-only-birth-control">hormonal methods</a> that can help regulate your periods, decrease bleeding, or even <a href="/articles-and-videos/period-pain-birth-control-can-help">make your period go away completely</a>. </p>