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Hot flashes what can i do i have had cancer very hot need help

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Hello. : Hello. There is very little information provided here. Don't know if you have had your ovaries removed. If you are not a candidate for hormone replacement therapy, you might want to consider a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor like lexapro (escitalopram). Many women have had success with this.

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