Article: Dietary Flaxseed May Relieve Cyclic Mastalgia.

SAN ANTONIO -- Dietary flaxseed proved to be an effective nonpharmacologic therapy for cyclic breast pain in a double-blind, randomized clinical trial.

Eating a single daily muffin containing 25 g of ground flaxseed resulted in a significant reduction in symptoms of severe cyclic mastalgia in the 127-patient, 3-month study, Dr. Tong Li reported at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the San Antonio Cancer Institute.

Cyclic mastalgia in premenopausal women is thought to be hormonally related. Pharmacotherapy typically involves drugs with antiestrogenic effects, including tamoxifen, danazol, and bromocriptine, but many women would prefer a ...

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