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Saturday, 10 August 2013

Acupuncture for hot flashes


I am a 49 year old female and have hot flashes. I do not want to take any hormones. Do you think acupuncture can help me?

Acupuncture is one treatment that is still searching for a medical disorder it can treat. The evidence for acupuncture for treatment of many medical disorder is conflicting. For hot flashes and menopausal symptoms, the evidence that acupuncture works is scant. 

Definitely not recommended. More important, you have to go for many sessions with no guarantee that it will work. Each session can cost $75-$150. My advice- give acupuncture a rest- it is a glorified treatment that does very little except make the providers rich.

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