Premenstrual syndrome
Description
Dr Jonica Newby reports on a new therapy for women who experience difficulties due to PMS. The recent discovery that the monthly fall in progesterone levels are accompanied by a rise in the mood changing hormone allopregnanolone, has led to a new way of taming the monthly monster - by the controlled administering of a commonly prescribed antidepressant.
Runtime
9 min
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Date of Publication
2011
Database
Alexander Street
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