SSRIs for menopausal hot flashes: A promise yet to be delivered

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 820-822

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34948900791     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31812714c8     Document Type: Editorial

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