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Article: Fluoxetine During Luteal Phase Calms Premenstrual Woes.
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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NEW ORLEANS -- Luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine was effective in treating mood and physical symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in a poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
In a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 260 women, luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine 20 mg daily significantly improved total scores and subscale scores for mood symptoms, physical symptoms, and social functioning on the Daily Record of Severity of Problems (DRSP), compared with placebo, reported Dr. Cherri Miner of Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis. Luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine 10 mg daily significantly improved mood and ...