Treatments and supplements · Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq)

Does desvenlafaxine help with hot flashes?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Well studied

4 studies, including one that brings together the results of several trials in people.

5 Repeated evidence 1 study

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

5 Repeated evidence Efficacy and safety of desvenlafaxine treatment for hot flashes associated with menopause: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
2014 · Gynecologic and obstetric investigation
4 Large controlled trial Desvenlafaxine compared with placebo for treatment of menopausal vasomotor symptoms: a 12-week, multicenter, parallel-group, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial.
2013 · Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 365 participants
4 Large controlled trial Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and hepatic safety of desvenlafaxine for 1 year in women with vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
2013 · Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2,118 participants
4 Large controlled trial Effect of desvenlafaxine on mood and climacteric symptoms in menopausal women with moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms.
2013 · Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopaus · 458 participants