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By Nancy Lapid

(Reuters) – Menopausal hot flashes and night sweats were significantly reduced for women taking a non-hormonal pill from Bayer in a late-stage trial, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

More than 600 postmenopausal women with troublesome vasomotor symptoms took either elinzanetant or a placebo daily for 52 weeks.

By week 12, elinzanetant recipients saw a more than 73% reduction in the frequency and severity of such events, compared to a 47% reduction in the placebo group, researchers reported.

By week 50, those in the elinzanetant group were experiencing an average of 1.4 moderate-to-severe hot flashes or night sweats per day, versus 3.5 s

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