Libido, menopause, and estrogen replacement therapy
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 86 (1) , 225-228
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1989.11704338
Abstract
Patients may be embarrassed to communicate their concerns regarding a decrease in sexual desire to their physician, let alone request treatment. Drs Beard and Curtis recommend that patients be asked specific questions to elicit symptoms of sexual dysfunction. They outline a program of hormone replacement therapy for women who have sexual dysfunction secondary to genitourinary atrophy and for those whose loss of libido is secondary to declining levels of estrogen.Keywords
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