If you do not want to use hormones to relieve the hot flashes of menopause, there are other drugs on the market. Once again, these drugs are used for other conditions, but it has been found that when taken by menopausal women the length and severity of hot flashes decreases and many women feel much better on the medication. Gabapentin is an anti-seizure medication commonly used, as is clonidine, usually used for patients with high blood pressure.

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