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Article: Testosterone patch improves sexual desire in women whose ovaries were removed.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- October 9, 2003
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2003 OCT 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a Phase II efficacy and safety study, treatment with a transdermal testosterone patch significantly increased sexual desire and sexual activity in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) resulting from the surgical removal of both ovaries.
The findings of the study were presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
"While we know that sexual functioning in women is incredibly complex, these positive results add to the growing evidence that testosterone plays a very important role in women's sexual desire," said Glenn Braunstein, MD, lead study investigator and ...