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Epilepsy Drug May Help Control Hot Flashes
July 7, 2006 04:03:13 PM PST
Gabapentin, a drug approved in the United States to control epileptic seizures, seems to control menopause-related hot flashes just as well as estrogen, researchers say.
The 12-week study of 60 women found that women who took gabapentin or estrogen reported a 71 percent to 72 percent reduction in hot flashes, compared with a 54 percent decline among those taking a placebo.
Researchers at the University of Rochester in N.Y. reported the findings in the July issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
During the double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the women used diaries to record the frequency and severity of their hot flashes.
Headaches, dizziness, and disorientation were among the side effects reported by women taking gabapentin.
"Gabapentin does appear to be as effective as estrogen," study lead author Dr. Sireesha Y. Reddy, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, said in a prepared statement. "Until now, its efficacy relative to estrogen was unknown," Reddy added.
Gabapentin (brand name Neurontin) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1994 to treat epileptic seizures. But it's also used off-label to treat headaches, shingles pain and certain other health problems.
It's believed that the drug may reduce hot flashes by regulating the flow of calcium in and out of cells -- a mechanism that helps regulate body temperature.
One of the researchers involved in the study has a patent for the use of gabapentin in treatment of hot flashes. The study was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Spain Confirms Its First Case of Bird Flu
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain has recorded its first case of H5N1 bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday. The deadly strain was found in a water fowl in a marsh area outside the northern city of Vitoria.
A protective area of 2 miles was declared outside the area where the bird - known as a great crested grebe - was found, the ministry statement said.
Spanish officials said late last year, as bird flu spread to several European countries, that it was only a matter of time before the disease made it to this country, which is on the route of northern-bound migratory birds from Africa.
Preventive measures taken so far had included banning outdoor poultry farming within a 6-mile radius of marshlands where migratory birds tend to gather.
Bird flu has killed at least 131 people worldwide since it started ravaging Asian poultry farms in late 2003, according to the WHO. Most human cases have been linked to contact with infected birds, but experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that makes it more easily transmissible among humans.
