Pelvic Pain: What is pelvic congestion?

Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 Oct;96(10):1153-62

A randomized controlled trial of medroxyprogesterone acetate and psychotherapy for the treatment of pelvic congestion.

Farquhar CM ,Rogers V,Franks S, Pearce S,Wadsworth J,Beard RW.

St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The value of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and of psychotherapy in the treatment of lower abdominal pain due to pelvic congestion was assessed in a randomized controlled trial. Eighty-four women with abnormal pelvic venography were assigned to one of four treatment groups: MPA alone, MPA plus psychotherapy, placebo alone, and placebo plus psychotherapy. Women were treated for 4 months and thereafter followed up regularly for 9 months with pain assessments, pelvic ultrasound scanning, and hormone measurements. During treatment, MPA showed a significant benefit in terms of a reduction in visual analogue scale pain score, with 73% of women reporting at least 50% improvement compared with 33% of those treated with placebo. At 9 months after the end of therapy there was no overall significant effect of MPA or psychotherapy, but there was an interaction between MPA and psychotherapy, with 71% of the women in this group showing a greater than or equal to 50% reduction in pain score. Therapy with MPA is a useful first-line therapy for women with pain associated with demonstrable pelvic congestion.

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