Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial
Background and purpose: Dysmenorrhea is associated with one or more systemic symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, low back pain, and headache in more than 50% of the cases. These symptoms disrupt social communication in affected women. This investigation was conducted to compa...
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author | Fahimeh Tahoonian Golkhatmi Zahra Abedian Seyed Ahmad Emami Habibollah Esmaily |
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description | Background and purpose: Dysmenorrhea is associated with one or more systemic symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, low back pain, and headache in more than 50% of
the cases. These symptoms disrupt social communication in affected women. This investigation was conducted to compare the effect of rosemary and mefenamic acid oral capsules on the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea.
Materials and methods: This randomized double-blind trial was conducted in 82 students with primary dysmenorrhea in Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Iran. Participants were studied in two cycles for the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. They were randomly assigned into two groups; rosemary (n=45) and mefenamic acid (n=45) using PASS software. They received 250 mg of medications in the first three menstruation days 8-hourly. The visual analogue scale was used to determine the severity of pain. Data were analyzed in SPSS V24.
Results: The mean scores for pain intensity significantly reduced in rosemary group and mefenamic acid group compared to baseline scores (16.81±10.96 and 18.45±12.80, respectively) (P<0.001). But, there were no significant differences between the two groups (P>0.05). Some symptoms, including nausea in first cycle (P=0.01) and second cycle (P=0.02) and boredom in first cycle (P=0.02) and second cycle (P=0.01) were found to be significantly different between the two groups. But, other symptoms were not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Pain reducing effects of rosemary were similar to those of mefenamic acid and it also reduced boredom and nausea. Medicinal drugs cause fewer side effects, therefore, rosemary could be used as an alternative to mefenamic acid in management of dysmenorrhea.
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spelling | doaj.art-3e32558c79e94a34a8e0fe710a584bdb2023-01-24T06:31:35ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792020-09-01301884052Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind TrialFahimeh Tahoonian Golkhatmi0Zahra Abedian1Seyed Ahmad Emami2Habibollah Esmaily3 MSc in Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran MidwiferyInstructor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Background and purpose: Dysmenorrhea is associated with one or more systemic symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, low back pain, and headache in more than 50% of the cases. These symptoms disrupt social communication in affected women. This investigation was conducted to compare the effect of rosemary and mefenamic acid oral capsules on the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea. Materials and methods: This randomized double-blind trial was conducted in 82 students with primary dysmenorrhea in Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Iran. Participants were studied in two cycles for the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. They were randomly assigned into two groups; rosemary (n=45) and mefenamic acid (n=45) using PASS software. They received 250 mg of medications in the first three menstruation days 8-hourly. The visual analogue scale was used to determine the severity of pain. Data were analyzed in SPSS V24. Results: The mean scores for pain intensity significantly reduced in rosemary group and mefenamic acid group compared to baseline scores (16.81±10.96 and 18.45±12.80, respectively) (P<0.001). But, there were no significant differences between the two groups (P>0.05). Some symptoms, including nausea in first cycle (P=0.01) and second cycle (P=0.02) and boredom in first cycle (P=0.02) and second cycle (P=0.01) were found to be significantly different between the two groups. But, other symptoms were not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion: Pain reducing effects of rosemary were similar to those of mefenamic acid and it also reduced boredom and nausea. Medicinal drugs cause fewer side effects, therefore, rosemary could be used as an alternative to mefenamic acid in management of dysmenorrhea. (Clinical Trials Registry Number: IRCT2016062228586N1)http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-13954-en.htmldysmenorrheapainful menstruationrosmarinusmefenamic acid |
spellingShingle | Fahimeh Tahoonian Golkhatmi Zahra Abedian Seyed Ahmad Emami Habibollah Esmaily Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences dysmenorrhea painful menstruation rosmarinus mefenamic acid |
title | Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial |
title_full | Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial |
title_fullStr | Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial |
title_short | Comparing the Effect of Rosemary and Mefenamic Acid Capsules on Symptoms of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Double-blind Trial |
title_sort | comparing the effect of rosemary and mefenamic acid capsules on symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea a randomized double blind trial |
topic | dysmenorrhea painful menstruation rosmarinus mefenamic acid |
url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-13954-en.html |
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