Primary and review articles published in English were identified by a MEDLINE (1966-June 2003) search using the MeSH terms "hot flashes," "hot flushes," "menopause," and "serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

The analysis by Loprinzi and co-workers supports the notion that antidepressants and gabapentin decrease menopausal hot flashes. In addition, the study showed that venlafaxine and paroxetine were ...

“As the definitive physiology of hot flashes is not known, I believe it cannot be assumed that the efficacy of the new antidepressants for hot flashes is a class effect,” says lead researcher ...

Research suggests that antidepressants may help treat menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Antidepressants are medications that help treat symptoms of depression. Most impact ...

We asked the experts to explain whether certain antidepressants have the potential to affect our ability to deal with heat. Here’s what they had to say. As someone who writes a lot about mental ...

Low-dose antidepressants are another treatment option for hot flashes. They are a class of drugs called selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). For example, the FDA has approved ...

Some antipsychotic medications and antidepressants may hinder the body ... reporting changes in how they feel during extremely hot weather, it could lead to more conclusive evidence.

In 1987, the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) was introduced. It had been tested by the FDA and found to be an effective antidepressant with fewer than usual side effects. Doctors began to ...

And while there is some evidence that antidepressants (as well as hormone replacement therapy) can be effective for both menopause-related depression and hot flashes, it’s a road that not all ...

And the most suspect culprit of them all: Prozac. Like a roll call of lieutenants on a starship, they file into our minds carrying a string of preconceived, and often inaccurate, ideas of what ...

The effectiveness of antidepressants on under-18s is not fully known and in the UK only one kind of drug - Fluoxetine, also called Prozac - is commonly prescribed to this group. But, when you turn ...

But at the same time, numbers from the CDC show that fatal overdoses involving antidepressants have been on the rise for the past two decades. John Yang speaks with clinical psychologist and ...