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title: Do birth control pills reduce premenstrual symptoms? | Niyora
description: A review of medical records found little difference in premenstrual symptoms between women taking low-dose birth control pills and women not taking them.
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Study, 1991

# Do birth control pills reduce premenstrual symptoms?

A review of medical records found little difference in premenstrual symptoms between women taking low-dose birth control pills and women not taking them.

 Early or limited evidence

Women taking low-dose birth control pills and women not taking pills

## What they did

Researchers looked back at medical records of women taking low-dose birth control pills and compared a wide range of premenstrual symptoms to women not taking pills.

## What they found

Little difference was found between the two groups in any type of premenstrual symptom measured.

## What it means for you

Low-dose birth control pills do not appear to reduce premenstrual symptoms much, which matches what older studies of higher-dose pills found. Since this study looked back at existing medical records without specific sample numbers, we cannot be completely sure the results apply to all women.

## About the study

Original title Frequency and severity of premenstrual symptoms in women taking birth control pills Authors Yuk VJ, Cumming CE, Fox EE et al. Journal Gynecologic and obstetric investigation Year 1991 Study design Study What was tested Low-dose birth control pills Read the paper [doi.org/10.1159/000293098](https://doi.org/10.1159/000293098)

## Topics

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