Endocrinology
Extended-release venlafaxine effectively treats hot flushes in healthy women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 3rd, 2005
Michele L. Evans, MD, of the Center for Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues randomized "80 postmenopausal women with more than 14 hot flushes per week ...to receive treatment with extended-release venlafaxine or placebo. Participants received 37.5 mg daily for 1 week, followed by 75 mg daily for 11 weeks."
"Daily hot flush severity scores and adverse effects were recorded by subjects. Baseline and monthly follow-up...
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