Prostaglandins and anti-prostaglandins in pathogenesis and treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Abstract

The article deals with modern theories of the pathogenesis of dysmenorrhea. A special place is given to prostaglandin, an anti-prostaglandin theory. As a therapy for dysmenorrhea, the group of prostaglandin-synthetase inhibitors is considered in detail. The article presents the results of our own study of the clinical efficacy of ketoprofen lysine salt in 50 patients diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea.

Keywords

• dysmenorrhea
• prostaglandins
• oxytocin
• pain
• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
• oki