Isoxsuprine in primary dysmenorrhoea. Its effectiveness in premenstrual tension.

The drug combination including isoxsuprine 10 mg, acetaminophen 250 mg and caffeine 30 mg was administered to 80 patients divided into two groups, 40 with premenstrual tension and 40 with clinically diagnosed primary dysmenorrhoea. The study was carried out by the double-blind method and the patients were distributed at random. The results obtained show an excellent or very good response in 95% of cases of premenstrual tension and in 92.5% of cases of dysmenorrhoea. When the overall effectiveness of the compound in both conditions is considered, we find it to be 93.75%. A general discussion of the findings is presented in relation to age, civil status, time of appearance of dysmenorrhoea, nature of pain, accompanying symptoms, previous treatment, other non-drug therapies, results obtained, time within which symptoms were alleviated, total dose of the drug and side-effects. It is concluded that the orally-administered therapeutic combination is effective in both dysmenorrhoea and premenstrual tension.