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Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) - Management
Basis for recommendation
These recommendations are based on clinical guidelines on Heavy menstrual bleeding, published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, 2007].
- The order of treatment recommended by NICE is based on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the available pharmaceutical interventions for menorrhagia. For details of the evidence from controlled trials on menorrhagia treatment, see individual sections of Supporting evidence on:
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