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Flibanserin, sold under the brand name Addyi, is a medication approved for the treatment of pre-menopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The medication improves sexual desire, increases the number of satisfying sexual events, and decreases the distress associated with low sexual desire. [ 6 ]
Bremelanotide, sold under the brand name Vyleesi, is a medication used to treat low sexual desire in women. [2] Specifically it is used for low sexual desire which occurs before menopause and is not due to medical problems, psychiatric problems, or problems within the relationship.
Here are links to possibly useful sources of information about Flibanserin. PubMed provides review articles from the past five years (limit to free review articles) The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine. Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC
These risks have been shown to be much greater if combined with other risk factors such as smoking, recent surgery, a history of cardiovascular disease, or women over 40 years old. [2] Nuvaring should not be used while breastfeeding. The hormones may pass to the baby through the milk, and it may decrease milk production. [23]
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the sympathetic nerve trunk in the thoracic region is destroyed. [1] [2] ETS is used to treat excessive sweating in certain parts of the body (focal hyperhidrosis), facial flushing, Raynaud's disease and reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
New breast cancer guidelines suggest women over 40 should screen once every other year. The pivot can help reduce increased cancer rates, and especially better protect Black women.
Its only current clinical use is in preparing patients with pheochromocytoma for surgery; its irreversible antagonism and the resultant depression in the maximum of the agonist dose-response curve are desirable in a situation where surgical manipulation of the tumour may release a large bolus of pressor amine into the circulation. Typically ...
More women may benefit from gene testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer, especially if they've already survived cancer once, an influential health group recommended Tuesday.