There is a range of treatments available to women with endometriosis. Unfortunately, none of the treatments offer a cure for the condition. The treatment that a woman is offered should be decided in partnership between her and her medical advisors. The severity of the disease Many women are told that if they get pregnant it will cure their endometriosis. This is not the case.
Women can have long periods without symptoms following pregnancy and breast-feeding.
For many women their endometriosis does eventually recur. Hormonal Treatments Hormonal treatment aims to stop ovulation and allow the endometrial deposits to regress and die. All the hormonal treatments have side effects. These vary from woman to woman. All of the drugs above, except the oral contraceptive pill and the Mirena coil, have been shown in clinical trials to be equally effective as treatments for endometriosis.