Abstract | PURPOSE: METHOD: The retrospective study was conducted from September 2008 to August 2009. Fifty-one women met by the PSST (Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool, Steiner et. al., 2003) the criteria of severe PMS/PMDD. Twenty-eight women took no contraception at the start of the evaluation and twenty-three already took oral contraceptives before changing to the oral contraceptive with drospirenone. The women completed the PSST and in the case of severe PMS/PMDD started treatment with the oral contraceptive containing 20 microg ethinylestradiol /EE/ + 3 mg drospirenone /drsp/ in regime 24/4. The next evaluation was conducted by the same PSST after 3 or 4 months of treatment with this oral contraceptive. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: The application of PSST for detection of severe premenstrual symptoms facilitates route identification diagnosis of severe PMS/PMDD in practice and also allows the evaluation of treatment. Both in the group of women without oral contraceptive at the start of the evaluation and in the group of women who changed to the oral contraceptive, symptoms significantly decreased after 3 or 4 months of treatment with the oral contraceptive containing drospirenone and severe PMS and PMDD was practically eliminated. In the case of diagnosis of severe PMS/PMDD in women wishing to use an oral contraceptive, it is important to start treatment with the oral contraceptive containing drospirenone and for women with severe PMS/PMDD symptoms when using different oral contraceptives, it is important to change to the contraception with drospirenone.
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Authors | K Svojanovská |
Journal | Ceska gynekologie
(Ceska Gynekol)
Vol. 75
Issue 5
Pg. 474-80
(Oct 2010)
ISSN: 1210-7832 [Print] Czech Republic |
Vernacular Title | Rocní zkusenost s lécbou závazného PMS/PMDD hormonální antikoncepcí s drospirenonem v ambulantní praxi. |
PMID | 21374928
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Androstenes
- Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
- Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
- drospirenone
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Androstenes
(therapeutic use)
- Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
(therapeutic use)
- Premenstrual Syndrome
(drug therapy)
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Young Adult
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