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Article: New England Journal of Medicine Study Reports that Testosterone Skin Patch Improves Sexual Functioning in Surgically Menopausal Women.
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- September 6, 2000
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BOSTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ --
A multi-institutional research group has found that use of an experimental testosterone skin patch can relieve impaired sexual functioning in surgically menopausal women -- that is, women who have had their ovaries removed before natural menopause. The report in the Sept. 7 New England Journal of Medicine comes from a team led by researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Watson Laboratories, Inc.-Utah, a division of Watson Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: WPI), the developers of the patch.
The study was supported by Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: PG), which has licensed the marketing rights for the ...