Although there are medicinal fibroid treatments available that can help women deal with fibroids, these prescriptive treatments are limited in what they can do. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicinal Fibroid Treatments Can Help Patients Manage Symptoms.
The first thing you should know is that medicinal fibroid treatments can help women manage some of the symptoms of fibroid cysts. Namely, the heavy and prolonged menstrual bleeding that fibroids sometimes cause. Though it’s uncommon, some women may find that they soak through their sanitary protection in less than an hour, and may not even be able to leave the house on the worst of days.
Medicinal Fibroid Treatments Can Even Shrink the Tumors.
Some medicines can even shrink the size of some fibroids. This is why some doctors will prescribe women begin taking them weeks prior to surgical procedures designed to remove the fibroids. This also helps lessen the severity of some of the other symptoms women may experience.
Medicinal Fibroid Treatments Can’t Solve the Issue Permanently, Though.
Unfortunately though, medicines are not a permanent solution. As soon as women stop taking them, the problems will come back in full, or worse, because in order for the problem to solved, the fibroids need to be removed. Fortunately, there are a number of different fibroid treatments that can safely destroy the tumors without damaging any of the surrounding tissues.
Although the medicines used as uterine fibroid treatments can help patients manage symptoms and can even shrink the tumors, uterine fibroid surgery is needed to properly solve the issue. Luckily, there are many, different, non-invasive, alternative uterine fibroids treatments available.
If you’d like to learn more about your uterine fibroids treatment options, schedule an appointment with your doctor. Feel free to share any general questions in the comments.
