The effect of danazol on menorrhagia, coagulation mechanisms, haematological indices and body weight

Abstract

Eighteen patients with objective evidence of menorrhagia (more than 80 ml menstrual blood loss) were treated with danazol for twelve weeks. Danazol significantly reduced the menstrual blood loss from 231 +/- 39 ml (mean +/- SEM) to 135 +/- 33 ml in the first treatment month and the mean loss thereafter was only 21 ml and 3 ml for the second and third months respectively. A rapid increase in haemoglobin level and a reduction in the number of days of bleeding were also observed on danazol treatment. No important effect on the coagulation profile was observed during the period of study. Three months after stopping danazol, menstrual blood loss (103 +/- 27 ml) was still significantly less than the pre-treatment loss.