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If i stop taking hormone replacement, will my hot flashes return?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Probably: Most women will experience hot flushes and or night sweats when withdrawing from estrogen. Most of those women will see that those symptoms lessen over time. For many women the hot flushes last only 3 to 6 months.

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Answered 8/26/2013

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