Instead, they help protect clots and hold them in place. They are often used in combination with other medicines. 2 Clotting agents can be used to stop bleeding in the mouth, nose, or gastrointestinal tract. They can also be used to help control heavy bleeding during the menstrual period. 3 Oral contraceptives Birth control pills can increase vWF levels, though how they do this is not well-understood.
Oral contraceptives can be useful for women with heavy menstrual bleeding.
As with any medical treatment, please discuss your vWD treatment questions with a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist who is a bleeding disorder specialist. Clinical aspects of and therapy for von Willebrand disease. Understanding von Willebrand Disease. Hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood.