Study, 1995
How can progesterone be used to help with premenstrual syndrome?
Progesterone and similar hormones called gestagens can be used to treat premenstrual syndrome through different methods of delivery into the body.
What they did
This is a review paper that discusses the science of progesterone in the body, how different progesterone-like medicines work, and how they are used to treat premenstrual syndrome, menopause symptoms, and symptoms around the transition to menopause.
What they found
Progesterone is useful for treating premenstrual syndrome through local application like creams or taken by mouth or injection into the whole body. The paper reviews French and Swiss progesterone products. Progesterone and similar hormones are also used during menopause, often combined with estrogen to prevent cancer of the uterus and to help other menopause symptoms. There are different ways to take these hormones during menopause: continuously, on-demand when needed, or in a way that produces a period every 3 months.
What it means for you
Progesterone and progesterone-like hormones have multiple uses across different stages of a woman's reproductive life. The paper discusses risk factors for side effects like breast cancer during menopause treatment. The main limitation is that this paper reviews the science and products available rather than testing whether treatments actually work.
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Months between menstruations in treatment schedule
About the study
- Original title
- [Progesterone, progestagens in premenstrual syndrome, the perimenopause and the menopause]
- Authors
- Salvat J, Jolles C
- Journal
- Praxis
- Year
- 1995
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- Discussion of progesterone and gestagen treatments (not testing them).
- Read the paper
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7846431/
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