[Progress in pharmacotherapy of female sexual dysfunction].
Recent years have seen great progress in the researches on the pharmacotherapy of female sexual dysfunction( FSD). Estrogen replacement therapy is effective on female sexual pain and dyspareunia; androgen can improve female hyposexuality; and a variety of drugs and medication forms are being studied for their efficacy on FSD, including the 5-phosphodiesterase inhibitor, dopamine receptor stimulant, prostaglandin E1, adrenergic receptor blocker, some traditional Chinese medicine, and so on, which have yielded lots of inspiring findings.
Rao
Ting
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Department of Urology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China. raoting82@hotmail.com
Zhang
Xiao-bin
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D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy*