Resolution of pelvic pain related to adenomyosis following treatment with dextroamphetamine sulfate.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To determine if treatment with dextroamphetamine sulfate can reduce pelvic pain that was attributed to adenomyosis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Dextroamphetamine sulfate was given to a 32-year-old woman who suffered on a daily basis from severe chronic pelvic pain that was not relieved by laparoscopic removal of endometriosis by oral contraceptive and ibuprofen. The adenomyosis was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging.

RESULTS:

Within three months the pain was completely gone and has remained absent for six months.

CONCLUSIONS:

Dextroamphetamine sulfate relieved pain from adenomyosis similar to its effect on endometriosis.

• Authors: J H Check, A Jaffe
• Journal: Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology (Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol) Vol. 42 Issue 5 Pg. 671-2 ( 2015) ISSN: 0390-6663 [Print] Singapore
• PMID: 26524821 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Central Nervous System Stimulants
• Dextroamphetamine

Topics

• Adenomyosis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Adult
• Central Nervous System Stimulants (administration & dosage)
• Chronic Pain
• Dextroamphetamine (administration & dosage)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Pelvic Pain (drug therapy, etiology)