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A comparative study on the effects of fluoxetine and tamoxifen on the treatment of mastalgia: A randomized clinical trial
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Masoumeh Taghizadeh    , Ismail Elahabadi , Zahra Kamiab , Nahid Zaydabadi Nejad , Maryam Mortazavi Lahijani , Reza Vazirinejad , Gholamreza Bazmandegan |
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Abstract: (3758 Views) |
| Introduction: Mastalgia is a common complaint among women that requires proper medical treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the comparison of fluoxetine versus tamoxifen effects on the mastalgia.
Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 62 women, who referred to surgical clinic of Rafsanjan Ali-Ibn Abi-Talib hospital in 2017, with a complaint of breast pain were selected and treated with fluoxetine or tamoxifen. Correspondingly, informed consent, demographic checklists and the visual scale of the pain were completed in pre-treatment and then 4, 8 and 12 weeks after the treatment.
Results: There was no significant difference between two groups in body mass index, duration of illness and duration of pain (P>0.05). Both fluoxetine and tamoxifen significantly reduced pain (P0.05).
Conclusion: Both fluoxetine and tamoxifen were equally effective as alternative therapies against mastalgia |
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| Keywords: Mastalgia, Fluoxetine, Tamoxifen |
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Received: 2019/07/29 | Accepted: 2020/05/17 | Published: 2020/09/30
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