Pilot evaluation of black cohosh for the treatment of hot flashes in women

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-521

  Pockaj, Barbara A ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^b   Sloan, Jeff A ^b   Novotny, Paul J ^b   Barton, Debra L ^b   Hagenmaier, Andrea ^c   Zhang, Huayan ^c   Lambert, George H ^c   Reeser, Kristine A ^a   Wisbey, Joyce A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Breast cancer; Hot flashes; Medicine, herbal; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GABAPENTIN; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NERVOUSNESS; PILOT STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIMICIFUGA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 5444273847     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-200026394     Document Type: Article

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