Study, 1983
What treatments help with PMS, and which have been tested scientifically?
This work does not report new test results. It explains the thinking behind modern PMS treatments that had already been looked at using science, or that were being studied at the time.
What they did
This is a discussion piece from 1983, not a new experiment. It looks at the reasoning behind modern treatments for PMS that had been tested using scientific methods, rather than listing every remedy that had ever been tried.
What they found
No specific test results are given. The main point made is that PMS has no single clear cause beyond symptoms following the same monthly pattern in the second half of the cycle, which is part of why so many different treatments have been tried over the years.
What it means for you
This is older background reading on why certain PMS treatments made sense to try, not evidence that any particular treatment works. Because it does not describe a study with real patients or any results, it cannot tell you how well a treatment actually works.
About the study
- Original title
- Pharmacological rationale for the management of PMS
- Authors
- M. G. Brush
- Journal
- Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Year
- 1983
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- None directly tested; discusses the reasoning behind various medical treatments for PMS.
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.3109/01674828309081253