Libido, menopause, and estrogen replacement therapy.
Patients may be embarrassed to communicate their concerns regarding a decrease in sexual desire to their physician, let alone request treatment. Drs Beard and Curtis recommend that patients be asked specific questions to elicit symptoms of sexual dysfunction. They outline a program of hormone replacement therapy for women who have sexual dysfunction secondary to genitourinary atrophy and for those whose loss of libido is secondary to declining levels of estrogen.
Beard
M K
MK
Clinical Faculty, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
Curtis
L R
LR
D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D004967:Estrogens