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GYN: Food for Thought or Fruit of the WombFrom: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)Fri Jan 19 10:02:52 2001
This in today's Reuters - Agnus castus fruit extract an effective treatment for PMS Last Updated: 2001-01-18 19:01:44 EST (Reuters Health) WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) - Women treated with an extract of the agnus castus fruit, also known as chasteberry, experience at least a 50% reduction in most symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), report investigators in Germany. Dr. R. Schellenberg, of the Institute for Health Care and Science in Huttenberg, and associates randomized 170 women to treatment with placebo or 20 mg/day fruit extract Ze 440 for three consecutive menstrual cycles. Results appear in the British Medical Journal for January 20. In women taking the fruit extract, five of six symptoms--irritability, mood alteration, anger, headache, and breast fullness--improved significantly more over baseline, as assessed on a 0- to 10-point visual analog scale, than in women who received placebo. Only the item "other symptoms including bloating" was unaffected by treatment. At least a 50% reduction in self-assessed symptoms was reported by 52% of patients in the treatment group compared with 24% of those in the placebo group. Physician assessment using three items on the clinical global impression scale corroborated the self-assessment scores. Adverse effects were few and mild. "This herbal remedy ought to be considered a therapeutic option in women in whom a causal origin for this syndrome cannot be established," Dr. Schellenberg's group concludes. BMJ 2001;322:134-137. -Westport Newsroom 203 319 2700
-- art fougner, md
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