Review: Testosterone therapy for reduced libido in women
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Testosterone for low libido in postmenopausal women not taking estrogen.
BACKGROUND The efficacy and safety of testosterone treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women not receiving estrogen therapy are unknown. METHODS We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, 52-week trial in which 814 women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder were randomly assigned to receive a patch delivering 150 or 300 microg of testosterone per day or p...
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to summarize the literature regarding the potential role of testosterone therapy for women. METHODS The author conducted a search of the literature using Medline (Ovid, 1946-present) and PubMed (1966-2013) for English-language studies that included the following search terms: 'testosterone' or 'androgen' combined with 'women', 'therapy' or 'treatment'. R...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2042-0188,2042-0196
DOI: 10.1177/2042018810379588