Medications to Treat Night Sweats and Hot Flashes
Part 3 of the night sweats and hot flashes series
Most Montrealers complain they do not get enough sleep. Yet, sleep affects are physical and mental health. Not having enough sleep affects our mood, our stamina, our home-life and career, and our social relationships.
Sleep is an important human function which is essential for good physical health and good mental health. Even though sleep is so important many Montrealers take sleeping for granted. They either sleep too much or more often than not, sleep less than is recommended for good health. Montrealers will catnap rather than sleep, burn the midnight oil studying, play on the computer, or just insist that they are too busy too sleep.
Conditions that affect sleep, our health, and mental health include such topics as Night Sweats and Hot Flashes, common symptoms for premenopausal women. Montrealers can go to the hospital for endocrinologists and hormone specialist. They can also take a long at this site for hormone therapists in Montreal, and across Canada
The Causes of Night Sweats and Hot Flashes continued
Medication
Where a tumor or an infection cannot be determined to be the cause of night sweats, doctors often look towards medication as the next most probable cause.
The types of medications which are most common to trigger night sweats are:
Antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), venlafaxine (Effexor) and bupropion (Wellbutrin) can be the cause of night sweats. About 8 to 22 percent of people taking these antidepressants complain of night sweats.
Anti-psychotic medication also produce the side effect of night sweats
Over the counter medications
Night sweats can be a side of effect of over the counter medication such as aspirin or acetaminophen when they are proscribed for fever.
There are certain drugs that cause a red flushing of the skin (an entirely different symptom) and are often confused for night sweats. These particular drugs include:
Niacin (Niacor, Niaspan, Slo-Niacin) for lipid disorders, tamoxifen (Nolvadex), sildenafil (Viagra), hydralazine, and nitroglycerine. Cortisone, and prednisone may also cause night sweats.
Sources:
http://www.medicinenet.com/night_sweats/article.htm
Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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