title: [Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), review of its efficiency in the managing of the libido decrease and other symtoms of aging].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The DHEA widely used for the control of the symptoms associated with the aging, has been an object of numerous clinical essays with discordant results as for its efficiency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present review tries to analyze the existing information by means of a search and systematic review of articles centred on the utilization of the DHEA/S for the control of the aging symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review of the literature and application of the skills of metaanalisis to value the efficiency of the DHEA/S, for it settles down the process of prospective form, 152 articles were checked and 25 were in use for adding only their results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Since the only (unique) prominent information seems to concern the metabolism of the carbohydrates increasing the efficiency of the insulin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The studies do not sustain the usefulness of the DHEA for the reduction of the symptoms associated with the aging.
authors: Servicio de Urología, Clínica de la Asunción, Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, España. urologia@clinicadelaasuncion.com
authors: Jesús M
authors: JM
authors: Mendivil Dacal
authors: Valeria M
authors: VM
authors: Borges
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone