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title: What treatments do working women use for PMS? | Niyora
description: Most working women (54.3%) use both medicine and other approaches. Common medicines are ponstan and paracetamol. Common non-medicine approaches are exercise a
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Survey study, 2022

# What treatments do working women use for PMS?

Most working women (54.3%) use both medicine and other approaches. Common medicines are ponstan and paracetamol. Common non-medicine approaches are exercise and psychological therapy.

 Moderate study design

221 working women with PMS (average age 26.68 years) at a hospital in Pakistan

## What they did

Cross-sectional study of 221 working women with PMS at a hospital in Pakistan from June 2016 to June 2017. Researchers asked what strategies each woman used to manage her PMS.

## What they found

8.6% used only non-medicine strategies, 37.1% used only medicine, 54.3% used both. For medicine, ponstan and paracetamol were most common. For non-medicine, exercise was used by 35.7% and psychological therapy by 38.9%.

## What it means for you

Most working women combine medicine and other approaches for PMS. Study suggests counseling and education alongside medicine could help. Limited to one hospital in Pakistan.

54.3%

used both medicine and other strategies

35.7%

used exercise

38.9%

used psychological therapy

## About the study

Original title Pharmacological & Non-Pharmacologic Strategies Used by Working Ladies of Reproductive age for the Management of Pre Menstrual Syndrome Authors Hira Afreen, Tabinda Qazi, Hira Bashir et al. Journal Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Year 2022 Study design Survey study What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22161502](https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22161502)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)

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