Hormone modulating and cyclic vitamin therapy of menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome
Tatarova N.A.^1,2, Linde V. A.^2,3, Hayrapetyan M.S.¹, Zhigalova E.V.<sup>1,2

1</sup> The First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov
² «I-Clinic NW», St. Petersburg
³ Saint Petersburg medical-social Institute

Background . The article discusses the issues of menstrual disorders and various signs of premenstrual syndrome, as well as the causes and pathogenesis of these disorders, differential diagnosis and treatment approaches. The prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) reaches 95% in the women of reproductive age, PMS is commonly seen as a disease of civilization, the syndrome has a number of predisposing risk factors: an inherited predisposition, personal (psychological and/or physiological) characteristics, etc. The PMS treatment is performed by a comprehensive non-pharmacological and medicinal therapy, including herbal remedies with hormone - modulating effects.
Aim. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of food supplement Time-Factor® - vitamin and mineral complex in women with dysfunctional menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome.
Patients and methods. We conducted a randomized, placebo-uncontrolled prospective clinical study involving 33 patients with menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome. The women received Time-Factor® food supplement for two months. Assessment of the efficacy was conducted in scores on the questionnaire about menstrual disorders and on the questionnaire about the quality of life: "Assessment of satisfaction and the ability to enjoy life - short version” (Q-LES-Q-SF).
Results. Time-Factor® – is a food supplement of natural origin, it reduces the psycho-emotional disorders in PMS: irritability, nervousness, headaches, spasmolytic pains, it improves sleep quality, reduces muscle pains in women. It reduces vegetative-vascular disorders: eliminates the night sweats, palpitations, breast tenderness. It mitigates the metabolic and trophic PMS symptoms: swelling decreases, skin rashes disappear, the patient did not report functional disorders of vision. When assessing the quality of life all the patients noted a moderate and high level of life satisfaction after 2 months of treatment. Four patients became pregnant while taking the Time-Factor®.
Conclusions. Time-Factor® affects positively on the dysfunctional menstrual disorders and the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in women of reproductive age, it has a hormone modulating effect and facilitates the characteristic symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.

Key words: premenstrual syndrome, menstrual disorders, food supplement, Time-Factor®
For citation: Tatarova N.A., Linde V. A., Hayrapetyan M.S., Zhigalova E.V. Hormone modulating and cyclic vitamin therapy of menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome // RMJ. 2017. № 2. P. 86–90.