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	<title>MGH Center for Women's Mental Health &#187; Menopausal Symptoms</title>
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		<title>Pregabalin (Lyrica) for the Treatment of Hot Flashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although estrogen is highly effective for the treatment of hot flushes, many women are reluctant to use hormone therapy to manage these symptoms, given recent concerns that estrogen may carry certain risks.  Several studies have demonstrated that gabapentin (Neurontin) and certain antidepressants, including paroxetine (Paxil) and venlafaxine (Effexor), may be useful non-hormonal treatments for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Flashes or Depression:  Which Comes First?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot flashes and depression are both common symptoms of the menopause transition.  Several studies have found a relationship between depression and hot flashes: depressed women are more likely to experience hot flashes and women with hot flashes are more likely to have depression.  Other studies have found no association between hot flashes and depression.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines for Menopausal Hot Flashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately seventy percent of all women experience hot flashes and/or night sweats (also called vasomotor symptoms) during the menopause transition (Stearns et al. 2002).  Until recently, estrogen therapy was the treatment of choice for most women who sought treatment for hot flashes.  Since the results of the Women&#8217;s Health Initiative in 2002 noted risks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phytoestrogens and Menopause</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For decades, estrogen was used as a component of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopausal symptoms and for anticipated preventative health benefits in women with prostesterone, or as a monotherapy hormone treatment in women after hysterectomy, but after studies reported that long-term estrogen increase the prevalence of cardiovascular events and breast cancer, many patients and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sildenafil (Viagra) Treatment of Women with Antidepressant-Associated Sexual Dysfunction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While some side effects such as nausea, dizziness, and headaches associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants tend to decrease or resolve over time, other side effects such as sexual dysfunction rarely remit spontaneously.  Treatment of sexual side effects in women is especially important when about 30-70% of patients taking antidepressants may experience sexual [...]]]></description>
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