Hypnosis, Antidepressant Therapies May Lead To Similar Reductions In Hot Flash Symptoms In Postmenopausal Women, Study Suggests.

reports researchers found that “postmenopausal women who reported bothersome hot flashes experienced a similar reduction in symptoms when assigned to antidepressant therapy or hypnosis.” However, “a combination of the two therapies yielded no greater benefit than the individual treatments.” The findings of the 71-patient study were published in Menopause. http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/hormone-therapy/news/in-the-journals/%7B4e17a423-3dc6-4e70-9e9e-986659d433bb%7D/hypnosis-antidepressant-therapies-confer-similar-reductions-in-hot-flash-symptoms