Does laudanum work for cramps?

[XemaSab]

:shrug:

x(

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Oof, been there sister...

Actually, there every f'n month...Never had them until I started having teh sex. Weird. I just dose up on Ibuprofen and pray for relief. x(

:hug:

[XemaSab]

6. Not so much teh cramps per se

but that sort of flu sensation... upset stomach, body ache, low tolerance for loud noises, general discomfort. x(

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Oh yeah, exactly...

When it hits me, I get the chills, the migraine-y sensitivity, the works. Gawdawful. Last month was like le terroir. x(

I hope it passes for you soon love :hug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum

[XemaSab]

4. Looks like what the doctor ordered.

Innumerable Victorian women were prescribed the drug for relief of menstrual cramps and vague aches and used it to achieve the pallid complexion associated with tuberculosis (frailty and paleness were particularly prized in females at the time).

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. "Takes hours of preparation, to get that wasted look." -Fad Gadget

[RainDog]

17. they also ate arsenic

and they used lead-based facial make up to give them that pale look. women who were very fashionable had their faces "enameled" with this lead-based crap when they were older.

In John Singer Sargent's painting, Madame X, you can see where the enameling ends at her ears (they're not enameled.)


anyway, I didn't know they still made laudanum. Makes me think of Xanadu and Kubla Khan and stately pleasure domes.

I do know something that could help but it's illegal if it's not medicinal, but in this case it would be anyway but it would still be illegal in most states and all states federally. You might try some yoga stretches if your head isn't hurting too badly.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Yes indeed!

Take it 4x/day for 6 months, then stop suddenly. You'll get cramps.

[XemaSab]

8. um...

Somehow that's not what I'm looking for. :P

[MonkeyFunk]

9. and this is exactly why

you shouldn't ask for medical advice on DU. :P

[Wapsie B]

10. I know someone who swears by Jack 'n Cokes

[MonkeyFunk]

11. You know my Aunt Bernice?

She loves her J & C's and can swear like a stevedore with tourette's!

[Wapsie B]

13. No, 'fraid not.

But it's good she has something that works for her. Like I always say, if men had to deal with menstrual cycles, hysterectomies would be done on every street corner.

[GCP]

12. Gin always worked for me

:evilgrin:

[pitohui]

14. as far as i know

never used it if it's even still produced but i understand that it was marketed for among other's things women's, er, issues

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Cramps, trees, plumbing... you're having a bad day!

[XemaSab]

21. Did I mention the sewing machine is all fouled up?

And my mom's quilt is about...um... 1/4 done? :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Unfortunately, I am having cramps but have NO laudanum *sigh*

*editing because I forgot the key word of NO up there* LOL

[intaglio]

18. I may be being dumb here but you DO know what Laudanum is?

Opium or Morphine in alcohol. Yes, it will control pain; with the added bonus of addiction.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Yes, I do know what it is. One of the benefits of reading historical

romance novels is I pick up little tidbits of info like that which I might otherwise not have come across. (Also, in the movie "Long Day's Journey into Night" Katharine Hepburn played a laudanum addicted mother of a Victorian family.) :)

Sorry if I freaked you out with my earlier post. I forgot to put the word NO in the subject line. have NO laudanum.... LOL

[triguy46]

20. Where will you get it? Paregoric might work if it is gut related.

Back in the 'old' days of the '70s, paragoric and a lot of other meds were kept unlocked and available to staff in the hospital I worked. Nothing like an opiate to stop the gut from over working.

Now, if the 'cramps' you speak of are a gender specific type, I have no idea.