| Disease | IN A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED,DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY, THE EFFECT OF PHYTO HYPOPHYSON L, AN AGNUS CASTUS-CONTAINING HOMEOPATHIC PREPARATION, WERE INVESTIGATED IN 67 WOMEN WITH FERTILITY DISORDERS. 37 WOMEN WITH OLIGOMENORRHEA AND
30 WOMEN WITH AMENORRHEA RECEIVED 50 DROPS OF PHYTO HYPOPHYSON L OR PLACEBO 3 TIMES A DAY OVER 3 MONTHS OR C CYCLES. THE OUTCOME MEASURE BEING SPONTANEOUS MENSTRUATION, IMPROVED CONCENTRATION OF PROGESTERONE IN THE LUTEAL PHASE, SHORTENING OF
THE CYCLE, EARLIER OVULATION, AND PREGNANCY WAS ACHIEVED IN 38 OUT OF 67 WOMEN. IT WAS ACHIEVED MORE OFTEN FROM WOMEN WITH OLIGOMENORRHEA IN THE PHYTO HYPOPHYSON L GROUP COMPARED TO THE PLACEBO GROUP (82 VERSUS 45%, P=0.021). HOWEVER, THERE
WAS NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT WHEN VIEWING THE WHOLE GROUP. THE BABY TAKE-HOME RATE DURING THE THERAPY AND 6 MONTHS AFTER THE END FO THE THERAPY SHOEED A RATIO OF 6:2 (18.7:6.4%). THIS RESULT WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT. FURTHERMORE, IN THE OLIGOMENORRHEA
VERUM GROUP WE OBSERVED A SIGNIFICANT INCREAS FO PROGESTERONE DURING THE LUTEAL PHASE COMPARED TO THE OLIGOMENORRHEA PLACEBO GROUP. ONLY VERY FEW UNDESIRABLE DRUP EFFECTS WERE OBERVED. IN WOMEN WITH STERILITY AND OLIGOMENORRHEA, A TREATMENT
WITH PHYTO HYPOPHYSON L CAN BE RECOMMENDED OVER A PERIOD OF 3-6 MONTHS. |