Primary and review articles published in English were identified by a MEDLINE (1966-June 2003) search using the MeSH terms "hot flashes," "hot flushes," "menopause," and "serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

The time that you will need to use HRT will depend on how intense your symptoms are and how long they last. Low doses of antidepressant medications may help reduce symptoms of menopause, including hot ...

SSRIs and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have been extensively studied for the management of hot flashes with varying results. [1] In this well-done trial, escitalopram at ...

Hot flashes can be a side effect of some medications taken for high blood pressure or other conditions. These drugs can include antidepressants, steroids, and calcium channel blockers used for ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, were the third class or generation of antidepressants developed. They are now the most commonly prescribed antidepressant medications. They are ...

Medications used to treat the symptoms of menopause can sometimes cause nausea. Examples include hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and some antidepressants. HRT is a type of therapy used to ...

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Acupuncture may support healthy gut motility9 (i.e., the pace at which food is digested and moves through your body). This, ...

Hair loss is one uncommon side effect of some antidepressant medications that isn’t well understood by scientists. Antidepressants are medications medical professionals use to treat mental ...

You may hear your friends, sisters, or mom talk about menopause as the time in life when your body naturally stops having ...

Their findings from animal studies, and human data, collectively suggest that targeting antidepressant medications to cells in the gut could not only be an effective treatment of mood disorders ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed its most serious warning – a so-called black-box warning – on a drug used to ...