Healio (8/30, Miller) reports, “Although combined oral contraceptives improved overall premenstrual symptomatology in women with PMS or premenstrual dysphoric disorder [PMDD], the birth control pills did not improve premenstrual depressive symptoms,” investigators concluded in a study also revealing that “there was ‘no evidence for one combined oral contraceptive being more efficacious than any other’ for these conditions.” Researchers arrived at these conclusions after conducting “a meta-analysis of nine randomized trials that evaluated the effect of combined oral contraceptives in women with PMS or PMDD.” The findings(PDF) were published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Related Links:
— “‘Optimal’ treatment for premenstrual depressive symptoms remains elusive “Janel Miller, Healio, August 30, 2021