Premenstrual tension syndrome

Hamilton M, White J Factors related to the outcome of depression treated with ECT. Journal of Mental Science 106 1031-1041, 1960 Hammarback S, Backstrom T Induced anovulation as treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome a double-bhnd crossover study with GnRH-agonist versus placebo. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 67 159-166, 1988 Hamon M Neuropharmacology of anxiety-perspectives and prospects. Trends Pharmacol Sci 15(2 36-39, 1994... 

It is very difficult to evaluate any behavioral or emotional effects of these compounds in humans. Although the incidence of pronounced changes in mood, affect, and behavior appears to be low, milder changes are commonly reported, and estrogens are being successfully employed in the therapy of premenstrual tension syndrome, postpartum depression, and climacteric depression. 

This formula can spread the Liver-Qi and harmonize the blood. It is used for an acute and excess condition of stagnation of Liver-Qi. Patients suffer from hypochondriac pain, depression, irritability, fullness in the chest and distension in the abdomen. In female patients, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual tension syndrome may also exist. Patients often have a white tongue coating and a wiry pulse. 

Lauritzen C, Reuter HD, Repges R, Bohnert KJ, Schmidt U. Treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome with Vitex agnus castus. Controlled, double-blind study versus pyridoxine. Phytomedicine 1997 4 183-189. 

Clinical trials of standardized extracts of the berries (double-blind, placebo-controlled) have shown significant benefits in the treatment of women with latent hyperprolactinemia, abnormal menstrual cycles, and corpus luteum insufficiency, cyclical mastalgia, premenstrual syndrome, and premenstrual tension syndrome (mckenna). 

It is indicated as contraceptive, in hormone replacement therapy, primary and secondary amenorrhoea, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, endometriosis, postponement of menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, uterine hypoplasia, threatened or habitual abortion and premenstrual tension. It is also useful in endometrial carcinoma. 

Q2 Some patients suffer from premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual tension), which is diagnosed if symptoms start before menstruation begins and diminish when the bleeding starts. List the symptoms associated with premenstrual tension. 

Qi From the symptoms of pain, nausea and headache which Shabana described, and which began around the time that bleeding occurred each month, she appears to have suffered from dysmenorrhoea. Since Shabana also experienced changes in mood, some form of premenstrual syndrome (or premenstrual tension) might also have been present. 

Vitamin B complex is the collective term for a number of water-soluble vitamins found particularly in dairy products, cereals and liver.Vitamin B (thiamine) is used by mouth for dietary supplement purposes and by injection in emergency treatment of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is a constituent of the coenzyme FAD (flavine adenine dinucleotide) and FMN (flavine mononucleotide) and is therefore important in cellular respiration. Vitamin Be (pyridoxine) is a coenzyme for decarboxylases and transamination, and is concerned with many metabolic processes. Overdose causes peripheral neuropathy. It may be used medically for vomiting and radiation sickness and for premenstrual tension. Pyridoxine has a negative interaction with the therapeutic use of levodopa in parkinsonism by enhancing levodopa decarboxylation to dopamine in the periphery, which does not then reach the brain. The antitubercular drug isoniazid interferes with pyridoxine, and causes a deficiency leading to peripheral neuritis that may need to be corrected with dietary supplements. Vitamin B ... 

Pyridoxine supplementation has been reported to benefit sufferers from premenstrual tension (32), nausea of pregnancy (33), carpal tunnel syndrome (34), and gestational diabetes (35). A previous report that PN supplementation is bene-... 

Used in modem Europe in the treatment of premenstrual and menopausal disorders including premenstmal mastodynia (mastalgia) and other symptoms of PMS also in treatments of premenstmal tension syndrome, Parkinson s disease, acne, uterine myomas, as a galactogogue, as an adjunctive therapy in endometriosis (mckenna), and upon termination of use of birth control pills also used to help re-establish normal menstmation and ovulation, to increase or stimulate milk flow reduce water retention during menstmation allay effusions in the knee joints associated with premenstmal syndrome. 

Fluoxetine hydrochloride is most recognized as an antidepressant, but it is also used to relieve symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) (premenstrual syndrome). These symptoms include mood swings, tension, bloating, irritability, and breast tenderness. Eh Lilly began marketing fluoxetine hydrochloride as Sarafem in 2000 for treating PMDD. 

Clary sage Relieving stress and tension lifting melancholy easing pain for restful sleep as an aphrodisiac contains estrogen-like hormone, for menopause and premenstrual syndrome relieving nervous exhaustion... 

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