[Androgen therapy of impotentia coeundi in elderly men. Psychological and endocrinological investigations (author's transl)].
The aim of the present investigation was to assess impotence in elderly men by clinical, endocrinological and psychological examinations. Altogether 17 patients were treated in a double-blind study with placebo or 75 mg mesterolone per day over 8 weeks. The subjects were aged between 45 and 60 years and suffered from impotentia coeundi. No differences in serum LH and testosterone levels were noted between the start and end of therapy. Similarly, serum LH and testosterone levels in these patients did not differ from those in a control group. These results suggest that the "male climacteric" need not necessarily the associated with alterations in hormone parameters. On the other hand, mesterolone therapy resulted in an improvement in potency and other psychosomatic parameters.
D000728:Androgens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy
D000728:Androgens
Androgenbehandlung der Impotentia coeundi alternder Männer. Psychologische und Endokrinologische Studien.