Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl · Jan 1979
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialClinical experience of naproxen in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
The effect of naproxen, Naprosyn, Syntex, in treatment of primary dysmenorrhea was studied in a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled multicenter study. Nintyseven women, aged between 18--40 years, with severe dysmenorrhea, were treated with either naproxen, 48 women, or placebo, 49 women, for two consecutive menstrual cycles. No oral contraceptive was used. ⋯ Fewer patients had to stay in bed, or stay at home from work or school, in the naproxen group compared to the placebo group. Few side-effects were reported and most of them belonged to the dysmenorrhea symptomatology. No side-effects could be rement according to the patients' own judgement.