Women taking other agents for hot flashes, hormonal therapy other than tamoxifen, or antidepressants were excluded. The primary endpoints, hot flash frequency and severity, were documented in ...

and severity of hot flashes, although the reductions are not as great as those observed with estrogen therapy. These antidepressants were generally well tolerated, with the primary adverse events ...

“As the definitive physiology of hot flashes is not known, I believe it cannot be assumed that the efficacy of the new antidepressants for hot flashes is a class effect,” says lead researcher ...