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Article: Testosterone and Sexuality.
- Article from:
- Psychiatric Medicine in Primary Care
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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Testosterone and Sexuality
Abstract & commentary
Source: Shifren JL, et al. Transdermal testosterone treatment in women with impaired sexual function after oophorectomy. N Engl J Med 2000;343:682-688.
Shifren and colleagues report the results of a multi-center trial examining the effect of transdermal testosterone treatment in 75 women who had undergone oophorectomy and hysterectomy. All of the subjects were receiving daily estrogen therapy. They were randomized to placebo and patch treatment with either 150 mg testosterone or 300 mg testosterone daily. Duration of the study was 12 weeks. Outcome measurements were determined for sexual ...