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Sweats ¹

Added Loprinzi et al. as reference 28 ².

Added text ³ on the use of citalopram to evaluate hot flashes (cited Barton et al. as reference 32).

Added text ⁴ on strategies to simultaneously improve sleep and hot flashes (cited Perez et al. as reference 38).

Added text ⁵ on trazodone as another possible agent to use for nighttime hot flashes, based on clinical experience.

Revised text ⁶ to state that based on the theory that serotonin may be involved as a central hot flash trigger, behavioral interventions such as stress management may modulate serotonin, causing a decrease in hot flashes.

Extensively revised the subsection on herbs and dietary supplements ⁷.