Effects of a Vasopressin Antagonist in Women with Dysmenorrhea

Autor: Lil Valentin, Per Melin, Karel Marsal, Anja Broeders, Povilas Sladkevicius, Hans Kindahl
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 1423-002X
0378-7346
DOI: 10.1159/000010319
Popis: We compared menstrual pain, uterine contractility and blood circulation, and plasma concentrations of vasopressin and prostaglandin F2α metabolite in women with versus without primary dysmenorrhea, and determined the effects of a vasopressin antagonist, 1-deamino-2-D-Tyr(OEt)-4-Thr-8-Orn-oxytocin (Atosiban), on these parameters. Our results do not support the contention that vasopressin is involved in the etiology of dysmenorrhea, plasma concentrations of vasopressin being similar in dysmenorrheic women and controls, and the vasopressin antagonist Atosiban having no effect on menstrual pain, intrauterine pressure or uterine artery pulsatility index in dysmenorrheic women.
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