All About Vitamins: Vitamin B6 in Reduced Symptoms of PMS

By Kyle J. Norton.


Vitamin B6 may have a profound effect in reduced symptoms and risk PMS, a joint study led by the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences suggested.

Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, is a water soluble vitamin found abundantly in green peas, yams, broccoli, asparagus and turnip greens,Peanuts, sunflower seeds, cashews and hazelnuts, meat, fish etc., with functions of amino acid, carbohydrate metabolism, brain health, and liver detoxification, etc.

Premenstrual syndrome is defined as faulty function of the ovaries related to the women's menstrual cycle, effected over 70% to 90% of women in the US and lesser for women in Southeast Asia because of difference in living style and social structure. The syndrome also interferes women's physical and emotional states, and daily activities as a result of hormone fluctuation and occurs one to two weeks before menstruation and then declines when the period starts.

In the study of 84 students lived at the university dorm randomly selected and allocated into two groups of 42 with the first group received auriculotherapy (10 sessions) for two menstrual cycles and the second group consumed 40 mg of vitamin B6 daily from a week before their menstruation for two menstrual cycles, researchers found that group treated vitamin B6 showed a significant improvement of 22.60 and 24.17 of he mean score of symptoms in the first and second cycles in compared to auriculotherapy group of 26.70 and 24.76, respectively.

However, after taking into account of other risk factors, researchers indicated that both group expressed a ameliorated severity of symptoms of premenstrual syndrome with no difference in the pain scores.

Dr. Koleini S, the led author said, "Auriculotherapy, similar to vitamin B6, decreases the severity of PMS symptoms".
Additionally, in support of the above analysis, a study of two-stage double-blind clinical trial conducted on 126 women, selected from 10 health centers in Isfahan and lasted for 4 months,  randomly allocated into 3 groups in received magnesium, vitamin B6, or placebo  researchers showed that vitamin B6 group demonstrated a strong improvement in the mean scores of premenstrual syndrome by significantly decreased symptoms of severity.

But after taking into account of other factors, vitamin B6 showed a lesser effective in compared to magnesium intake group.

More interestingly, in a double blind randomized controlled carried out on 76 students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, randomly allocated to two groups. (38 people in each group) with intervention groups received calcium tablet (500mg) and vitamin B6 (40 mg) and student in intervention groups received only vitamin B6 twice a day for two consecutive months, after adjusting to other factors, researchers suggested that both groups expressed an enormous improvement in symptoms of severity but this improvement was more significant in the combined calcium and vitamin B6 group.

The information collected indicated that vitamin B6 used alone or combined with calcium or magnesium may have a positive effect in reduced symptoms of PMS.

 
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Kyle J. Norton(Scholar, Master of Nutrients), all right reserved.
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Sources
(1) Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences by Koleini S1, Valiani M2.(PubMed)
(2) Effects of magnesium and vitamin b6 on the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms by Ebrahimi E1, Khayati Motlagh S1, Nemati S1, Tavakoli Z1.(PubMed)
(3) Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences by Koleini S1, Valiani M2.(PubMed)