FAQ: PMDD and Evening Primrose Oil Advice
Thursday August 24, 2006
Q: I'm currently taking Evening Primrose Oil and have gotten some relief from my PMDD symptoms, but not enough. What else can I do?
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Dear Nancy,
I wonder about your independence from herbal pharmaceutical industry. It’s as well as proven that EPO doesn’t work against PMDD, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-primrose.html
Yours
mkoller666
This is the first time I’ve been accused of being independent from the pharmaceutical industry. Usually it’s the other way around, so I’ll take that as a compliment.
The fact is that many women do get relief using EPO.
The source that you point to suggests larger, well-designed studies should be conducted before any recommendations are made. I agree. Nothing has been proven conclusively yet.