Treatment of the Premenstrual Syndrome

The effectiveness and safety of Iranian herbal medicines for treatment of premenstrual syndrome: A systematic review

Objective: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of the most common problems among women of reproductive age. The popularity of complementary/alternative therapies has grown in recent years, and these treatments have been more commonly used by women (48.9%) than men (37.8%). The aim of this systematic review was to assess effectiveness and safety of Iranian herbal medicines for treatment of premen...

Fluoxetine treatment of severe premenstrual syndrome.

ACUPUNCTURE AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME About premenstrual syndrome

Most women of reproductive age experience at least mild premenstrual symptoms at some time in their lives (O’Brien 1987). However, around 2–10% of women have premenstrual symptoms that severely disrupt daily living (O’Brien 1987, DTB 1992, Wittchen 2002). These more troublesome symptoms are usually termed ‘premenstrual syndrome’ (PMS), if they comprise recurrent psychological and/or physical sy...

Premenstrual Syndrome

سندرم پیش از قاعدگی به مجموعه ای از تغییرات ناراحت کننده جسمانی روانی یا رفتاری در فاز لونتال قاعدگی اطلاق می شود که با فعالیتهای اجتماعی یا شغلی فرد تداخل ایجاد می کند.

Low dose danazol in the treatment of the premenstrual syndrome.

This double-blind, randomized, crossover study compared the efficacy and safety of danazol (100 mg twice daily) with matching placebo in the treatment of severe premenstrual syndrome. Nineteen patients were randomly allocated to receive danazol for 3 months followed by placebo, and 18 to receive treatment in the reverse order. Assessments of overall condition showed improvement to be statistica...