Hot Flashes, Estrogen and the Truth

Having hot flashes? Research Project in Detroit Needs Volunteers

When you experience a hot flash, do your clothes would fuse to her skin. Many women have such a terrible experience with this that their friends asked if they were OK.

Hot Flashes Make Me Feel Like I Am Melting

If this sounds like you and you live in the Detroit area, join other menopausal women at St. John Macomb Hospital to determine if an antidepressant, Celexa or citalopram, provides relief for hot flashes. The hospital seeks up to 220 women to participate in the study.

In this hot flash study half of the women get Celexa, the other half take a placebo in the randomized trial.

"Hot flashes are cut in half and the severity and duration have diminished remarkably," says one participant. She could dress normally again and did not wake up in the middle of the night kicking off the covers.

Researchers have tried many different antidepressants in the past for hot flash relief, but Celexa, taken in a low dose, shows promise. Some previous work suggests this will decrease the instance of hot flashes by as much as 60 percent.

Hot flashes are a result of an imbalance in estrogen and progesterone according to alternative health professionals. Natural progesterone cream restores this balance, as millions of women have experienced. It seem that they do not feel they have an antidepressant deficiency!

Antidepressants seem to work by increasing the serotonin level in the body and balancing the brain's neurotransmitters. The drugs are fast becoming a preferred treatment for hot flashes. Previously used hormone therapy such as estrogen decreases hot flashes by 80 percent, but has been linked to increased risk of uterine cancer for women who taken estrogen alone. Studies show an increased risk for blood clots and breast cancer in women who take estrogen and progesterone together, and progesterone taken alone causes weight gain and mood swings.

Antidepressants don't have those side effects, but they can cause nausea, dizziness, insomnia, dry mouth, decreased libido and drowsiness. Not exactly an outcome most women want either.

Women who have experienced more than 14 hot flashes a week are eligible for the study. To participate, call Marg van der Veen, the clinical trials coordinator, at (586) 573-5127.

Editors note: Hot flashes are caused buy estrogen imbalance or estrogen dominance. Natural progesterone Cream and other natural supplements have shown a high rate of relief without side effects according to the writings of Dr. John Lee.

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