Experiment 69474
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | STEINBERG,S: ANNABLE,L: YOUNG,SN: LIYANAGE,N:. (1999). A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF L-TRYPTOPHAN IN PATIENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIA.. 467() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SUGGEST THAT INCREASING SEROTONIN SYNTHESIS DURING THE LATE LUTEAL PHASE OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE IS THERAPEUTIC IN PATIENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER. OVALATION TO THE THIRD DAY OF MENSTRUATION, DURING THREE CONSECTIVE CYCLES. VISUAL ANALOG MOOD SCALES REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT (P=0.004) THERAPEUTIC SYMPTOMS COMPRISING THE ITEMS FYSPHORIA, MOOD SWINGS, TENSION AND IRRITABILTY. THESE RESULTS IN A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLIN.TRAIL, 37 PATIENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER WERE TREATED WIHT L-TRYPTOPHAN 6 G PER DAY AND 34 WERE GIVEN PLACEBO. THE TREATMENTS WERE GIVEN UNDER DOUBLE-BLIND CONDITIONS FOR 17 DAYS, FROM THE TIME OF |
| Dose amount | 6.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | FEMALE |