Relapse common among women who stop taking antidepressant medication for premenstrual syndrome
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
About half of women whose symptoms of severe premenstrual syndrome are relieved by the antidepressant sertraline appear to experience relapse within six to eight months after stopping medication, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Women with more severe symptoms and those who took the drug for a shorter period of time may be more likely to relapse.