Menopause Tracker» Menopause Tracker – tracking the latest news on Menopause | See our tracking tools on MenopauseTracker.com http://www.menopausetracker.info tracking the latest news on menopause Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Study finds link between hot flashes and lower bone density in women http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2009/05/06/study-finds-link-between-hot-flashes-and-lower-bone-density-in-women/ http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2009/05/06/study-finds-link-between-hot-flashes-and-lower-bone-density-in-women/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 21:06:10 +0000 Hot Flash http://www.menopausetracker.info/?p=401 FINDINGS:
UCLA researchers and colleagues analyzed data for 2,213 women between the ages of 42 and 52 who participated in the bone sub-study of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation to determine whether women with vasomotor symptoms (VMS) — which include hot flashes and night sweats — had lower bone mineral density.
 
The researchers found that postmenopausal women with VMS had lower lumbar and total hip bone mineral density than those without VMS. Premenopausal women and early perimenopausal women who had VMS were found to have lower femoral neck bone mineral density than those without VMS.
 
AUTHORS:
UCLA study co-authors Dr. Carolyn J. Crandall, associate clinical professor of general internal medicine and health services research; Gail A. Greendale, professor of medicine in geriatrics; and Yan Zheng, of the division of general internal medicine and health services research, are available for interviews.
 
JOURNAL:
The research appeared in the March/April 2009 issue of the journal Menopause.
 
FUNDING:
The National Institute on Aging, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health supported this study

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]]> http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2009/05/06/study-finds-link-between-hot-flashes-and-lower-bone-density-in-women/feed/ 0 Hot Flash? Post-menopause? Try an antidepressant … http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2009/04/14/hot-flash-post-menopause-try-an-antidepressant/ http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2009/04/14/hot-flash-post-menopause-try-an-antidepressant/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:15:45 +0000 Hot Flash http://www.menopausetracker.info/?p=299 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Desvenlafaxine, also known by the trade name Pristiq, is a safe and effective treatment for hot flashes in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

 

Desvenlafaxine belongs to a class of drugs called serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, which are used to treat depression.

 

While hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for hot flashes and night sweats, there remains a need for safe and effective non-hormonal agents, Dr. David F. Archer, from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, and colleagues note. Prior research has suggested that desvenlafaxine may be such an agent.

 

In the present study, 484 women with moderate-to-severe hot flashes and night sweats were randomly assigned to receive to different doses of desvenlafaxine or placebo over a 26-week period. Of these subjects, 81.2 percent completed 12 weeks of therapy and 76.0 percent completed 26 weeks. Standard questionnaires were used to assess hot flash frequency and severity.

 

At both doses desvenlafaxine was better than placebo at reducing hot flash severity at 12 weeks. By 26 weeks, however, only the higher dose was more efficacious than placebo. Both doses effectively reduced hot flash-related nighttime awakenings.

 

Overall, 28.5 percent of desvenlafaxine-treated patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events compared with 8.9 percent of those given placebo. Nausea was the most common side effect in the desvenlafaxine group, reported by 44.6 percent of users versus 8.3 percent of patients given placebo.

 

The results indicate that desvenlafaxine is an effective and generally safe and well-tolerated treatment for reducing the frequency and severity of hot flushes in postmenopausal women, the authors conclude.

 

SOURCE: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 2009

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