Clinical experience with venlafaxine in the treatment of hot flushes in women with a history of breast cancer

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 175-178

  van Gool, A R ^a   Bannink, M ^a   Bontenbal, M ^a   Seynaeve, C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Breast cancer; Hormonal therapy; Hot flushes; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

CIPRAM; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALAISE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; REMISSION; RESTLESSNESS; SELF MONITORING; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444383133     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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