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title: What are the best treatments for PMS? | Niyora
description: Treatment depends on your specific symptoms. For some women, exercise and diet help. Others need medicines like hormones or psychiatric drugs.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-syndrome-systematic-diagnosis-and-individualized-therapy-1998/
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Study, 1998

# What are the best treatments for PMS?

Treatment depends on your specific symptoms. For some women, exercise and diet help. Others need medicines like hormones or psychiatric drugs.

 Moderate study design

Women with PMS

## What they did

This was a clinical review discussing how doctors diagnose and treat PMS and why it's important to rule out other conditions that can mimic PMS.

## What they found

PMS includes physical symptoms like bloating, headache, and breast tenderness, plus mood and behavior changes like irritability, depression, and fatigue. Other conditions can look like PMS, so doctors need to check for side effects from birth control, painful periods, and substance use. Moderate exercise and a healthy diet may ease symptoms for some people. Others need treatment specific to their symptoms, hormone therapy, psychiatric medicines, or medication to stop ovulation.

## What it means for you

There is no single treatment that works for everyone with PMS. What helps depends on your individual symptoms and what you prefer. This is a clinical guide based on medical experience and published research.

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual syndrome: systematic diagnosis and individualized therapy Authors Ransom S, Moldenhauer J Journal The Physician and sportsmedicine Year 1998 Study design Study What was tested Various treatment options (exercise, diet, hormones, psychiatric medicines, ovulation suppression) Read the paper [doi.org/10.3810/psm.1998.04.872](https://doi.org/10.3810/psm.1998.04.872)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Dysmenorrhea and period pain](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-dysmenorrhea/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)

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