In women with premenstrual syndrome, leuprolide significantly reduced symptoms compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn women with premenstrual syndrome, leuprolide reduced symptoms compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Leuprolide
- Outcome
- DecreasePremenstrual symptoms versus placebo
- Study
n = 20
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
The 10 women with premenstrual syndrome who were given leuprolide had a significant decrease in symptoms as compared with base-line values and with values for the 10 women who were given placebo.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We first studied the effect of ovarian suppression with leuprolide, an agonist analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, or placebo on symptoms in 20 women with the premenstrual syndrome.
Outcomes were assessed on the basis of daily self-reports by the patients and biweekly rater-administered symptom-rating scales.