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title: How should women manage PMS based on symptom severity? | Niyora
description: Treatment for PMS depends on how severe your symptoms are. Women with mild symptoms can often manage with lifestyle changes. Women with more severe symptoms m
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Study, 2010

# How should women manage PMS based on symptom severity?

Treatment for PMS depends on how severe your symptoms are. Women with mild symptoms can often manage with lifestyle changes. Women with more severe symptoms may need medication plus lifestyle changes or just medication.

 Early or limited evidence

Women with premenstrual syndrome of varying symptom severity.

## What they did

This article reviewed approaches to managing PMS based on symptom severity.

## What they found

For mild symptoms, recommendations are a healthy diet, limiting sodium and caffeine, exercise, and stress management. For moderate symptoms, medical treatment combined with lifestyle changes may help. For severe symptoms, medications may help. Dietary supplements including calcium, magnesium, vitamin E, vitamin D, and vitamin B6 may also help.

## What it means for you

There are many ways to manage PMS, and the right approach depends on symptom severity. This article summarizes recommendations rather than reporting new research findings.

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## About the study

Original title PREMENSTRUAL SENDROM VE BAŞETME Authors Sibel Öztürk, Derya Tanrıverdi Journal DergiPark (Istanbul University) Year 2010 Study design Study What was tested Various management approaches (lifestyle changes, supplements, medications). Read the paper [doi.org/10.17049/ahsbd.74879](https://doi.org/10.17049/ahsbd.74879)

## Topics

[Vitamin B6](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitamin-b6/)

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