Treatments and supplements · Depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate
Can a progesterone shot help with hot flashes?
What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.
Studied in controlled trials
3 studies, of which 3 are controlled trials in people with a hundred participants or more. No overview combining them yet.
4 Large controlled trial 3 studies
This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.
Appears under: Menopause and hormones
The studies
- 4 Large controlled trial
Phase III comparison of depomedroxyprogesterone acetate to venlafaxine for managing hot flashes: North Central Cancer Treatment Group Trial N99C7.
2006 · Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the · 109 participants
- 4 Large controlled trial
Body mass index does not influence response to treatment, nor does body weight change with lower doses of conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate in early postmenopausal women.
2004 · Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 822 participants
- 4 Large controlled trial
A double-blind, randomized, comparative study evaluating clinical effects of two sequential estradiol-progestogen combinations containing either desogestrel or medroxyprogesterone acetate in climacteric women.
2000 · Maturitas · 190 participants