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title: Does vitamin E help breast symptoms in premenstrual syndrome?
description: Yes. Vitamin E reduced some breast symptoms in women with PMS compared to placebo.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/evaluation-and-treatment-of-breast-symptoms-in-patients-with-the-premenstrual-1983/
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Randomised trial, 1983

# Does vitamin E help breast symptoms in premenstrual syndrome?

Yes. Vitamin E reduced some breast symptoms in women with PMS compared to placebo.

 Early or limited evidence

Women with premenstrual syndrome and breast symptoms (sample size not specified)

## What they did

A double-blind study where women with PMS and breast symptoms were given vitamin E or placebo and their breast symptoms were recorded before and after.

## What they found

A significant decrease in some of the breast symptoms was noted (p < 0.05).

## What it means for you

Vitamin E may help breast symptoms related to PMS. The study is small and the abstract does not specify how many women were studied, the dose of vitamin E, or treatment duration.

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## About the study

Original title Evaluation and treatment of breast symptoms in patients with the premenstrual syndrome Authors London RS, Sundaram GS, Murphy L et al. Journal The Journal of reproductive medicine Year 1983 Study design Randomised trial What was tested Vitamin E or placebo Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6685185/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6685185/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Vitamin B6](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitamin-b6/)[Vitamin E](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitamin-e/)

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