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title: Does progesterone work better than other hormone treatments for PMS?
description: This commentary says no good evidence supports progesterone, while treatments that work by changing ovarian hormone activity have been shown to help in placeb
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-premenstrual-syndrome-1990-5d5956/
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Randomised trial, 1990

# Does progesterone work better than other hormone treatments for PMS?

This commentary says no good evidence supports progesterone, while treatments that work by changing ovarian hormone activity have been shown to help in placebo-controlled studies.

 Early or limited evidence

No specific study population; this is a commentary referring generally to existing PMS research.

## What they did

This is not a new experiment. It is a short opinion piece discussing existing placebo-controlled research on premenstrual syndrome treatments.

## What they found

The author states that placebo-controlled studies have proven that treatments altering ovarian activity are effective, and argues that progesterone is an unproven treatment that may only work through the placebo effect. No specific data, numbers, or participant details are given.

## What it means for you

This piece is an expert opinion summarising other research, not a study with its own results. It gives no numbers or trial details to check, so it should be seen as a viewpoint rather than new proof.

## About the study

Original title The premenstrual syndrome Authors Watson NR, Studd JW Journal British journal of hospital medicine Year 1990 Study design Randomised trial What was tested Hormonal treatments that alter ovarian activity, discussed in contrast to progesterone. Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2249107/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2249107/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[GnRH agonists and ovarian suppression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-gnrh/)

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