Menopausal symptoms night sweats

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O Common symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, vulvovaginal atrophy, and vaginal dryness. Women less commonly may experience mood swings, depression, insomnia, arthralgia, myalgia, and urinary frequency. 

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menses following the loss of ovarian follicular activity. Perimenopause is the period immediately prior to the menopause and the first year after menopause. Indications of postmenopausal hormone therapy include the short-term treatment of menopausal symptoms (i.e., hot flushes, night sweats, and urogenital atrophy). 

As the first SNRI drug approved, venlafaxine has become one of the first-line choices for depression and anxiety disorder [45,46]. An active metabolite, desvenlafaxine (19), is also under clinical development for the treatment of major depressive disorders [47], Preclinical studies also indicate that 19 may be effective in relieving vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause (e.g., hot flushes and night sweats) [47,48]. Desvenlafaxine is reported to be in clinical development for the treatment of fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain, as well as vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause [68]. 

Menopause has always been a part of natural life for women, and the history of medicine is littered with references to the period when women stop bearing children. The Greek philosopher Aristotle noted that women stop giving birth after the age of 50. But little was written about ways to ease women through the symptoms of menopause, which include hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and vaginal dryness. 

Until recently, HRT was widely prescribed for relief of menopausal symptoms, which include hot flushes, night sweats, mood swings, memory lapses, and propensity for weakening of the bones. Nutraceuticals are now being widely taken to counter these symptoms, most frequently isoflavones, DHEA, and Pycnogenol. 

An uncontrolled study in 2002 by Lucks examined the effects of 3-month dermal application of V. agnus-castus essential oil (oil distilled at some point in the shrubs development of the fruit but while some leaves were still on the plant) on menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms. A 1.5% solution of the essential oil was incorporated in a bland cream or lotion and applied once a day, 5 to 7 days/week, for 3 months. Descriptive outcome measures were self-report via a survey of symptomatic relief (major, moderate, mild, none, worse) and side effects. A total of 33% of women reported major improvement in symptoms, with the most often area of improvement being hot flashes/ night sweats. Both improvement and worsening occurred in the areas of emotions and menstruation flow. Subjects who were also on progesterone supplementation reported breakthrough bleeding (7). 

Vasomotor symptoms, hot flushes, and night sweats are common symptoms of estrogen withdrawal. Hot flushes are the classic sign of menopanse and the major clinical complaint of American women during the perrmenopausal and early menopausal years. Hot flushes are... 

Fewer than 25% of women experience a menopausal transition without symptoms, whereas over 25% suffer severe menopausal symptoms, most commonly hot flushes and night sweats. ... 

That is not to say that any woman going through menopause— natural or otherwise—has an easy time of it. Hot flashes or flushes and night sweats are the most frequently reported physical symptoms... 

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