Depression
Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Agent Provides Treatment Option for Women with Hot Flashes
Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, June 6th, 2009
They say the agent, pregabalin, decreased hot flash severity and frequency about 20 percent more than did a placebo agent. Thus, pregabalin appears to offer about the same benefit as gabapentin, an older, related drug, as well as newer classes of antidepressants.
"Hot flashes are a major problem in many women, and for those who opt not to take hormonal therapies or antidepressants, pregabalin appears to be another treatment option," says the study's lead author, Charles...
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