Thursday, May 26, 2011

Antidepressant may not cut hot flashes after all

By Reuters

New research throws a wet blanket on an earlier study that showed women in menopause might get dramatic relief from hot flashes by taking the antidepressant Lexapro.

According to the new findings, Forest Laboratories' Lexapro, also called escitalopram, reduces neither the severity nor frequency of hot flashes associated with menopause.

Robert Freedman, a behavioral scientist at

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