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Condition

Menopause symptoms

Symptoms around the end of menstruation — hot flashes, sleep and mood changes — from declining estrogen.

See a clinician

Some causes of menopause symptoms need medical care, not self-treatment. Seek help for any of these:

  • Bleeding after menopause must always be medically evaluated.

What may help

Remedies studied for menopause symptoms, ranked by strength of evidence.

  • B
    Soy isoflavones supplement

    Reduce hot flash frequency (~21%) and severity (~26%) versus placebo across RCTs, with a dose-response for higher-genistein products; effect is smaller than hormone therapy.

  • C
    Red clover herb

    One meta-analysis found ~1.7 fewer hot flushes/day (strongest at higher doses), but another found the effect non-significant — so the benefit is small and inconsistent.

  • D
    Black cohosh herb

    The Cochrane review found no significant difference from placebo in hot flush frequency or menopausal symptom scores, and judged the evidence insufficient.

Symptoms around the end of menstruation — hot flashes, sleep and mood changes — from declining estrogen. This is a reference stub — evidence-graded remedies for it are not yet curated here.

Background: MedlinePlus (public domain).