Some previous reports have suggested that lithium treatment is of benefit to women with the premenstrual tension syndrome (PMTS). In this study 15 women carefully selected for severe PMTS were given lithium carbonate (600-900 mg/day) continuously for three menstrual cycles. Lithium did not affect physical premenstrual symptoms and was ineffective in most women against behavioral premenstrual sy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of vitamin B-6 in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. DESIGN Systematic review of published and unpublished randomised placebo controlled trials of the effectiveness of vitamin B-6 in the management of premenstrual syndrome. SUBJECTS Nine published trials representing 940 patients with premenstrual syndrome. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proportion of women ...

Introduction: About 90 percent of women experience one of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) symptoms. PMS is identified with periodic relapse of a combination of physical, psychological and/or troublesome changes that occur during the luteal phase of menstruation cycle. One of psychological symptoms is depression. These symptoms influence on the quality of women relationships in family, workplace an...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and the factors associated with this, by comparing the obtained frequency with the self-reported frequency. METHODS This was a cross-sectional population-based study, involving 1,395 women aged 15 to 49 years old in a medium-sized municipality in Southern Brazil, carried out in 2003. Questionnaires were applied to measure the prevalen...

Many women in their reproductive years experience some mood, behavioral, or physical symptoms in the week prior to menses. Women experiencing mild symptoms may have a wide variability in the level of symptom burden, whereas a minority suffers severe and debilitating symptoms. Severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects 3% to 5% of women of reproductive age and has been classified under the Diagn...

premenstrual syndromes (pms) are a group of menstrually related, chronic and cyclical disorders characterized by emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms in the second half (luteal phase) of the menstrual cycle. several line of evidence point to a significant role of the serotonergic system in the course of the luteal phase in women with pms/ premenstrual dysphoric disorder. it has been rep...

OBJECTIVE Standards of care and treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) vary. Non-drug ‎psychosocial intervention therapy is recommended for women with any kind of ‎discomfort or distress caused by PMS. The current study examined the effectiveness of ‎group cognitive-behavioral therapy on the symptoms of PMS at a girls' dormitory of ‎North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. METHOD In t...

Premenstrual syndrome is a common chronic disorder in most women of reproductive age. The main symptoms are depression, anxiety, tension, feeling out of control, and mastalgia. In premenstrual syndrome, the effects of aromatic edible Elsholtzia splendens and Cirsium japonicum were investigated for over 3 months in 30 women participants in their twenties. In the Elsholtzia splendens capsule trea...

marvelon®, a combined oral contraceptive, contains 30 μg ethinyl estradiol (ee) and 150 μg desogestrel (de), and has been shown to be a well-tolerated and effective combination that provides high contraceptive reliability and good cycle control. however, its efficacy has not been yet evaluated among iranian women. thus, the study aimed to determine the effect of oral contraceptive pill on treat...

This study was undertaken -1:0~ the utility of a systems-oriented, family s9fllatic -approach ~ Premenstrual Syndrome. Marital and famity ~amics have been ac~edged as being important to symptom 'selection and exacerbatioh -o~other physical illnesses. currenM:0dels of family somatics were;psed to generate specific hypothes s, which were tested in a sampl~ of 130 women selected for severe p emens...