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HORMONE PROFILE IN PREMENSTRUAL TENSION: EFFECTS OF BROMOCRIPTINE AND DIURETICS
Author(s) -
ANDERSCH B.,
ABRAHAMSSON L.,
WENDESTAM C.,
ÖHMAN R.,
HAHN L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1979.tb03121.x
Subject(s) - bromocriptine , endocrinology , medicine , premenstrual tension , prolactin , hormone , menstrual cycle
SUMMARY Plasma levels of prolactin, FSH, LH, progesterone and 17–β‐oestradiol in twenty women with premenstrual tension were compared with those in twenty controls. The former group was studied also during treatment with bromocriptine. The mean prolactin level in the PMT group was lower in the follicular phase than in the luteal phase ( P < 0.±01), but there was no difference between the PMT and control group in the luteal phase. No differences were found between the controls and the PMT group in FSH, LH, 17–β‐oestradiol and progesterone levels in the luteal phase. Bromocriptine suppressed prolactin concentrations ( P <0.±01), but had no effect on the FSH, LH, 17‐B‐oestradiol or progesterone levels.