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Citalopram and Escitalopram for Management of Hot Flashes: A Review of Recent Clinical Trials in Humans  

Lee, Yu-Jeung (Graduate School of Clinical Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy / v.21, no.4, 2011 , pp. 376-382 More about this Journal
Abstract
The results from eight clinical studies demonstrate that citalopram and escitalopram could be an effective option in the treatment of hot flashes with tolerable adverse effects. However, there are limitations in the above studies. The inclusion criteria of 2 studies reviewed in this paper was breast cancer patients, so it's hard to apply the results to the general population in clinical practice. Also 4 studies had less than 50 subjects included, and the duration of study was 8 weeks or less in 7 studies reviewed in this paper. Moreover, only 4 studies were randomized, placebo-controlled trials (3 for citalopram and 1 for escitalopram). Therefore, further randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies with the general population should be needed to use citalopram and escitalopram for the treatment of hot flashes in clinical practice.
Keywords
citalopram; escitalopram; hot flashes; menopause;
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