Androgen replacement therapy with dehydroepiandrosterone for androgen insufficiency and female sexual dysfunction: androgen and questionnaire results

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
Ricardo MunarrizRichard Spark

Abstract

During our evaluations of women with sexual dysfunction, we have seen many with low interest, arousal, and orgasmic capabilities with associated personal distress and diminished genital sensation and blood flow following sexual stimulation. Laboratory evaluation of these women has revealed normal estrogen but androgen values that were either below or in the lower quartile of the physiologic range. Androgen insufficiency and sexual dysfunction have been the working diagnoses in these women. Although many treatment options currently are available for this syndrome, there are limited data concerning safety and efficacy. The aim of this retrospective, Institutional Review Board (IRB)--approved, single-institution study was to report on the androgen and questionnaire results from a series of patients who underwent androgen replacement therapy with dehydroepiandrosterone for treatment of androgen insufficiency and sexual dysfunction. This study revealed that there was a significant decrease in sexual distress, a significant increase in sexual function in the domains of desire, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction, and orgasm, and a normalization to values within the physiologic range in the following androgens measured: total testoster...Continue Reading

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