Effect of sulpiride on menopausal hot flashes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. 2020

Clarissa Moreira Borba, and Charles Francisco Ferreira, and Fernanda Vargas Ferreira, and Faustino R Pérez-López, and Maria Celeste Osório Wender
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Grupo de Pesquisa: Climatério e Menopausa, Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.

Low doses of sulpiride have been used off-label to treat menopausal hot slashes in Southern Brazil despite limited scientific evidence. This randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the effects of sulpiride as compared to placebo on the frequency and severity of hot flashes. Postmenopausal women, aged 47-62, were recruited from the Menopause Clinic at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, between March 2016 and January 2017. After a baseline assessment of 4 weeks, women were included if they had at least a mean of five moderate to severe hot flashes per day and then randomized to receive for 8 weeks either placebo (n= 14) or sulpiride 50 mg/d (n= 14). The number and severity of hot flashes were evaluated after the 8-week intervention. A generalized estimating equations (GEE) model with Bonferroni correction was used to simultaneously assess the frequency and severity of hot flashes. Baseline frequency and severity of hot flashes/day were similar in both groups. Sulpiride significantly reduced the total weekly mean of hot flash frequency (GEE, pinteraction=.019) and the total weekly mean of severity scores (GEE, pinteraction=.09, pgroup=.006, ptime≤.0001) after 4 and 8 weeks of treatment. Treatment with sulpiride 50 mg/d significantly reduced the frequency and severity of hot flashes. Further studies are needed to confirm its benefits and related mechanisms of action.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008593 Menopause The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age. Change of Life, Female
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001938 Brazil A country located on the eastern coast of South America, located between Colombia and Peru, that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on the south by Uruguay, and on the west by Argentina. The capital is Brasilia.
D004311 Double-Blind Method A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment. Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D013469 Sulpiride A dopamine D2-receptor antagonist. It has been used therapeutically as an antidepressant, antipsychotic, and as a digestive aid. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Aiglonyl,Arminol,Deponerton,Desisulpid,Digton,Dogmatil,Dolmatil,Eglonyl,Ekilid,Guastil,Lebopride,Meresa,Pontiride,Psicocen,Sulp,Sulperide,Sulpitil,Sulpivert,Sulpor,Synédil,Tepavil,Vertigo-Meresa,neogama,vertigo-neogama,Vertigo Meresa,vertigo neogama
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D018492 Dopamine Antagonists Drugs that bind to but do not activate DOPAMINE RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of dopamine or exogenous agonists. Many drugs used in the treatment of psychotic disorders (ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS) are dopamine antagonists, although their therapeutic effects may be due to long-term adjustments of the brain rather than to the acute effects of blocking dopamine receptors. Dopamine antagonists have been used for several other clinical purposes including as ANTIEMETICS, in the treatment of Tourette syndrome, and for hiccup. Dopamine receptor blockade is associated with NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME. Dopamine Antagonist,Dopamine Blocker,Dopamine Receptor Antagonist,Dopamine Receptor Antagonists,Dopaminergic Antagonist,Dopaminergic Antagonists,Antagonists, Dopamine,Antagonists, Dopamine Receptor,Antagonists, Dopaminergic,Dopamine Blockers,Antagonist, Dopamine,Antagonist, Dopamine Receptor,Antagonist, Dopaminergic,Blocker, Dopamine,Blockers, Dopamine,Receptor Antagonist, Dopamine,Receptor Antagonists, Dopamine

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