Making an immensely imperative disclosure, a recently concluded study, which was carried out by researchers from the Glasgow University, has claimed that an anti-depressant drug, dubbed Venlafaxine, may well prove extremely influential and decisive in terms of relieving hot flushes.

The researchers backed their statements with findings revealed by the study, wherein it was found that in excess of 50% of menopausal women responded in favor of the researchers by claiming that the anti-depressant was quite effective in reliving hot flushes when they used it as prescribed by the medical authorities.

During the course of study, the researchers evaluated the peripheral blood vessels in women's arms and were focused on finding the number of participants who went through hot flushes.

The figures were later compared with women who hardly experienced any sort of hot flushes.

The researchers discovered that menopausal women went through hot flushes mainly because of abnormalities existing in the functioning of their blood vessels and the anti-depressant Venlafaxine was found faring well in terms of improving flushing in more than 60% of women.

In addition, the research also revealed the fact that patients who are highly susceptible towards encountering hot flushes have increased risk of facing a variety of heart ailments.

The charity 'Wellbeing of Women', which funded the study, hopes these findings could lead to new treatment options for hot flushes, offering an alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

While expressing the significance of the research and its observations, the lead author of the study, Prof. Lumsden claimed that, "My team and I have found that the blood vessels of women who get hot flushes dilate much more easily than those that don't, and that they became less 'reactive' when a drug such as serotonin is prescribed".

The flushes generally tend to bother in excess of 75% of women experiencing the menopause and render many of them unwilling to hang out for anything.