<div>A hormone pill will soon be able help women through menopause by alleviating menopausal symptoms like hot flushes, night sweats, and even boost their sex lives, a new study has revealed.</div><div><br /></div><div>The study for the first time indicated that low doses of DHEA, a hormone created in the body, could improve women's sexual satisfaction.</div><div><br /></div><div>Doctors are calling for tests to determine whether it could eventually become an alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy for menopausal problems, the Daily Mail reported.</div><div><br /></div><div>"These are interesting findings and we now need a bigger study," Dr John Stevenson, consultant metabolic physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and chairman of the charity Women's Health Concern, said.</div><div><br /></div><div>"There is a demand for alternatives to HRT caused by safety fears which have since been overturned."</div><div><br /></div><div>"But it's not possible yet to know whether DHEA is as safe as HRT or carries more risks, which is why we need larger trials."</div><div><br /></div><div>The study by Italian researchers took into consideration 48 women suffering from menopausal symptoms.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of these, 12 took only vitamin D and calcium to improve their bone strength because they did not want HRT.</div><div><br /></div><div>The rest 36 were divided into a group of 12 taking DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), and two others given standard HRT containing oestrogen and progesterone, or the synthetic steroid tibolone, also known as Livial.</div><div><br /></div><div>After 12 months, all women taking hormone-replacement supplements showed improvements in menopausal symptoms, while those taking vitamin D and calcium did not show any major improvement.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the beginning of the trial, all groups had similar levels of sexual activity. After a year, women taking calcium and vitamin D had a McCoy score - measuring aspects of sexuality likely to be affected by changing sex-hormone levels - of 34.9, while those using DHEA reached 48.6.</div><div><br /></div><div>The higher score implied that women on DHEA had a statistically significant elevation in sexual interest and activity. The results for women using HRT were similar.</div><div><br /></div><div>"This is a small study, a proof of concept. What we need to do now is to look at a larger study, to confirm these initial results are valid," study leader Professor Andrea Genazzani, of the University of Pisa, said. (ANI)</div>        

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