I've taken hormone replacement therapy twice and finally quit altogether about 10 years ago. I had my ovaries removed at the age of 40 because my mother died of ovarian cancer and I was already well into menopause. I have had hot flashes ever since I started menopause, the HRT didn't help at all. What has slowed them is the medicine I take for my blood pressure (atenolol). It has been used in Europe for hot flash control for years. It only slowed them, didn't get rid of them entirely so it may not work as well as HRT does for most people.
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I've taken hormone replacement therapy twice and finally quit altogether about 10 years ago. I had my ovaries removed at the age of 40 because my mother died of ovarian cancer and I was already well into menopause. I have had hot flashes ever since I started menopause, the HRT didn't help at all. What has slowed them is the medicine I take for my blood pressure (atenolol). It has been used in Europe for hot flash control for years. It only slowed them, didn't get rid of them entirely so it may not work as well as HRT does for most people.
January 22, 2009 - 6:37pmThis Comment
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