Treating Vasomotor Symptoms Without Hormones

Two substances belonging to a new class have recently been approved in Switzerland for the non-hormonal treatment of menopausal hot flashes. This changes the way patients are counseled, but it does not render the rest of the treatment spectrum obsolete, nor does it override the rule stated at the beginning of the Swiss expert letter on the subject: A significant reduction in hot flashes is not synonymous with freedom from symptoms [1].