Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS): Pharmacological Management and Updates

Hot flushes and night sweats are the most common symptoms seen in peri and postmenopausal women and known as vasomotor symptoms (VMS). Hot flushes originate as a sudden onset sensation of heat, arising from the neck and the central chest, and then rapidly generalized into the other parts of the body1. Hot flushes are usually last for 1-5 minutes, but it can be last up to 15-60 minutes2. The occurrence of hot flushes during sleep is termed night sweats1. Other symptoms associatLeading Article