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June 11, 2004 |
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Perimenopause Take the Heat out of Hot Flashes Hot flashes affect 80 to 85 percent of American women during menopause. Related to fluctuating estrogen levels, the episodes increase blood flow to the brain, organs and skin, causing you to feel warm. They may be followed by chills. Hot flashes are physically draining, since your body loses fluids and minerals in the process of perspiring. And if they occur at your workplace, they can be embarrassing as well. Night sweats and hot flashes may disrupt your sleep and soak your sheets, leaving you exhausted and cranky. To relieve hot flashes, I recommend soy isoflavones (50 to 100 mg daily). Recent questions about the effect of purified isoflavones on breast tissue in older women may make other options better, particularly if you have a strong history of breast cancer in your family. I also recommend the herbal remedy Black Cohosh (80 to 160 mg daily), which has been used by Native American women for centuries. I’ve also had great results for patients with vitamin E as d-alpha-tocopherol (800 to 2,000 IU daily).
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