CRAMPED

Kate Helen Downey

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The GYRL Lab is Doing The Viagra For Cramps Follow-Up Study!

9/15/2026 • 34 min

In 2013 a Penn State study found that Viagra was extremely effective for period pain. But the sample size was too small, and requests for funding to continue the study were denied. 13 years later, our friends at the GYRL lab in Evanston, IL are picking up where Penn State left off. Dr. Kevin Hellman (from Season 1) returns to answer all my questions, like why do… Play episode

Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa
The Personal Finances of Period Pain w Tori Dunlap
Are There Heavy Metals in Our Tampons, and Is That...OK?
New Non-Invasive Tests for Endometriosis w Dr. Gail Busby
FIBROIDS: Everything You Need To Know
Unladylike: Where Does Perimenopause End and Capitalism Begin?
The Impact of Endometriosis on Male Partners Study, w/ Comedian Jenny Zigr…
The HER Agenda: Three Bills About Period Pain, w/ Congresswoman Yassamin A…
What If My Healthiest Self Isn't My Thinnest Self?
Melasma, Drugs That Delay Menopause, and Girl Gone Wild with Courtney Kocak
Forgetting Everything I've Learned: Acupuncture, Fertility, and the Sunk C…
The Pain Scale Is Useless and Everybody Knows It
The Comorbidity Queen: EDS, POTS, Endo, Fibroids, Cysts, SIBO, Arthritis, …
The Endo Attractiveness Study: Are You F**king Kidding Me??
Can Capitalism Fix What the Healthcare System Broke? One Endo App Founder …
What Does Tinnitus Have To Do With Your Hormones? An Audiologist Explains
Using AI To Help Get To A Diagnosis
Your Period Blood Has a Weird Origin Story: Spiral Arteries, Uterine Milk,…
PMDD, Intrusive Thoughts, Hormones & Medication: Riven's Diagnosis Story
Sex Ed with DB: Testosterone, Pleasure, and the Libido Myth
The Boner Pill That Might Cure Period Pain
Taking No Shit From Her Endo Specialist: Daphne's Diagnosis Story
How To Spot A Garbage Period Pain Study with Prof Jones-Rooy
An Endometriosis Historian Breaks Down 2000 Years of Medical Misogyny
Can Talking About Cramps Improve Your Sex Life?
Period Pain in Fiction: Two Artists Who Turned Their Diagnosis Into Art
Menstrual Leave Is Already Happening in More Places Than You Think
Endometriosis, Hysterectomies, and Rebellious Ovaries: A Trans Comedian's …
Has Period Pain Education Gotten Better for Teens? We Asked a High Schooler
Sasheer Zamata Doesn't Want To Ride a Horse on her Period
Diet, Exercise, and Period Pain: What You Might Be Missing
Is Period Pain All In Our Heads? A Pain Psychologist Explains What's Actua…
The State of Period Pain Research and Treatment in 2025: A Year in Review
Could Your Menstrual Cup Diagnose Endometriosis? Scientists Are Working On…
Recurring UTIs, BV, and Yeast Infections: The Vaginal Microbiome
Patient Advocacy Actually Changed OB-GYN Education - How Tight Lipped Did …
Why It's So Hard to Talk About Period Pain & How to Start
Pelvic Floor PT for Period Pain & Why You're Probably Peeing Wrong
Endometriosis Excision Surgery: What the Day of Surgery and 6-Week Recover…
I Got Endo Surgery: The Imaging Results & Costs
What Actually Happens to Your Body When You Go Off Hormonal Birth Control
80% of People With a Uterus Will Get Fibroids - Why Don't We Know Why?
Is Tracking Your Period with an App Actually Cycle Tracking? (Probably Not)
Endo's Last Stand - Surgery & Spitefulness
Ovarian Cysts: Why Doctors Keep Calling Them "Normal" and What That Misses
Your Questions Answered: Why Do My Cramps Change Every Month? What Does 'N…
CRAMPED is back: Season 1.5
The Evolutionary Reason We Get Periods, And What It Explains About the Pain
Why Is There No Period Pain On The Internet (or TV, or Movies)?

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