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Article: Antidepressants may douse flames of those hot flashes
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2003
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With the dangers of combination hormone-replacement therapy now well-known to millions of American women, many of them have begun looking elsewhere for relief from hot flashes. Antidepressants could help.
A new study has found that the popular drug Paxil reduces the severity and frequency of hot flashes in women suffering from the sudden spikes in body temperature. Similar successes have been reported with other relatively new antidepressants.
Hot flashes, which are often accompanied by flushing and heart palpitations, occur in more than three-quarters of menopausal women and may persist five years or longer. Although their ...