Tag Archives: sexual dysfunction

+Labeling | April 13, 2012

FDA Adds Sexual Side Effects to Propecia and Proscar Labels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added new warnings on Wednesday to finasteride, the drug used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, citing sexual side effects that continue to occur even after patients stop the treatment.

+Sex | April 9, 2012

Could the ‘Cuddle Chemical’ Oxytocin Improve Male Sexual Function?

By Maia Szalavitz

Watch out, Viagra! The hormone oxytocin may also improve sexual function — at least in men with Asperger’s syndrome — according to a published case report.

+Sex | March 21, 2011

Study: Baldness Drug May Lead to Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction

By Meredith Melnick

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The prescription drug finasteride, marketed as Propecia and Proscar by Merck, may cause side effects like low libido and inability to orgasm in men who use the medication to battle hair loss, and those symptoms may persist even after stopping the drug, according to a new study to be published in the Journal of Sexual [...]

+June 16, 2010

Examining ‘male menopause’: myth or malady?

By Sora Song

In medical terms, it’s called late-onset hypogonadism — the gradual decline of the male hormone testosterone beginning in middle age, right around the time men also start gaining weight, losing muscle mass, feeling depressed and suffering from sleep problems, weakness and, most notably, sexual dysfunction. Whether these changes are directly related to declining hormone levels, [...]

+Women's Health | June 16, 2010

“Female viagra” fails to lift ladies’ libido

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

This Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hear from an expert panel about the merits of, flibanserin, a drug that has been touted as potentially being the female equivalent of Viagra. Yet, an initial FDA review posted online today already indicates that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of flibanserin, may have trouble getting [...]

+Sexuality | April 2, 2010

How cancer treatment impacts sexual intimacy

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

For cancer patients, sexual dysfunction is often a long-term side effect of treatment, and can have a significant impact on quality of life. To better understand long-term sexual dysfunction in cancer patients, and develop therapies tailored to their needs, researchers from Duke University argue that there is a “need for a flexible, psychometrically robust measure [...]

+Sexuality | November 17, 2009

Viagra for women?

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

Some of the best inventions come about by accident—take corn flakes, for example, silly putty, or, of course, Viagra, which was originally designed as a heart medication. And now, in the tradition of accidental innovation, a team of U.S. researchers are hopeful that while their attempt to create a successful antidepressant for women was a [...]