Relation between Fluoxetine and Menstrual Cycle Disorders

Autor: Zhila Amirkhani, Meisam Akhlaghdoust, Gelareh Salehi, Ehsan Jangholi, Mohamadreza Sadeghi, Farima Ghenaat, Nesa Zarbati, Mina Jafarabadi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Family and Reproductive Health, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-8949
1735-9392
Popis: Objective: To investigate the effect of fluoxetine as an SSRI on menstrual disorders. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study 200 women referring to the Islamic Azad University affiliated hospitals during March 2011- March 2010 were divided into 4 groups. All included patients in this study had the chief complaint of mood disorders in peri- menstrual period. All patients received daily vitamin B6 tablets as primitive treatment. In groups A, B and C patients also received daily doses of 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg of fluoxetine respectively for 6 months and in group D as the control group fluoxetine was not given. Data were analyzed by spss18 statistical software. Significant difference was set at p
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