Estrogens Effect on Pain in Postmenopausal Women Suffering of Fibromyalgia

Summary

In order to evaluate the potential effects of estrogen treatment in postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia, the investigators used quantitative sensory tests before and after eight weeks of estrogen treatment as compared with placebo treatment.

Timeline

Start

2001-08

Primary completion

2007-10

Completion

2007-10

Publications

• Stening KD, Eriksson O, Henriksson KG, Brynhildsen J, Lindh-Astrand L, Berg G, Hammar M, Amandusson A, Blomqvist A. Hormonal replacement therapy does not affect self-estimated pain or experimental pain responses in post-menopausal women suffering from fibromyalgia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Mar;50(3):544-51. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq348. Epub 2010 Nov 14.

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