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title: What treatments work best for cyclical breast pain? | Niyora
description: Initial treatments like reassurance, proper bra fit, reducing caffeine, and primrose oil should be tried first. Medications like danazol work but often cause
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Randomised trial, 2002

# What treatments work best for cyclical breast pain?

Initial treatments like reassurance, proper bra fit, reducing caffeine, and primrose oil should be tried first. Medications like danazol work but often cause side effects.

 Moderate study design

Literature review of studies on women with breast pain, searching 1975 to 2001

## What they did

Literature review. Researchers searched medical databases from 1975 to 2001 for studies about the causes, evaluation, and treatment of breast pain in women.

## What they found

Research has not found a clear hormonal or physical reason for cyclical breast pain. Some studies found links between breast pain and PMS, fibrocystic breast disease, and caffeine intake. Simple non-drug treatments helped many women.

## What it means for you

This review summarizes existing research and shows that breast pain's causes remain unclear. The main limitation is that past studies had varying quality. High-quality studies comparing treatments are needed.

1975-2001

years of literature reviewed

3

medical databases searched

## About the study

Original title Benign breast pain in women: a practical approach to evaluation and treatment Authors Norlock FE Journal Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972) Year 2002 Study design Randomised trial What was tested Various treatments including reassurance, bra fitting, caffeine reduction, primrose oil, and medications Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11991427/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11991427/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)[SSRIs and antidepressants](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-ssri/)[GnRH agonists and ovarian suppression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-gnrh/)[Diet and nutrition](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diet/)[Diuretics and other drugs](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diuretics-other-drugs/)

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