# CV-NC-13 · “for menopause symptoms / hot flashes”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-13/

Claims Verified standard CV-NC-13: “for menopause symptoms / hot flashes”, High. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-NC-13 · standards v1.4.1

# “for menopause symptoms / hot flashes”

High Named condition 1 of 109 standards

Menopause is a natural state, not a disease, so some claims here survive. The line is drawn at claims targeting an uncommon or serious condition associated with it. This is why the row is High and not Critical.

## How often we find it

Found on **14** of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 17 times in total. That is 14 live product pages carrying this wording today.

## What this standard rests on

**FDA · US · regulation**

[21 CFR 101.93(f)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.93)

“common conditions associated with natural states or processes that FDA does not treat as diseases”

**FDA · US · statute**

[FDCA s.201(g)(1)(B), 21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/321)

“definition of 'drug': articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**FDA · US · regulation**

[21 CFR 101.93(g)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.93)

“the criteria by which FDA determines that a statement is a disease claim rather than a structure/function claim”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

## What kind of finding this is

An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.

## Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-NC-13 "for menopause symptoms / hot flashes", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-13/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "for menopause symptoms / hot flashes" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-NC-13 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-13/

Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at [/standards/registry.json](https://claimsverified.org/standards/registry.json). Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.

## Others in Named condition

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