{"title":"Androgens in postmenopausal women","authors":"K. Vigneswaran, H. Hamoda","doi":"10.1111/tog.12836","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Androgen therapy can improve sexual wellbeing, libido and sexual arousal in postmenopausal women through its effect on the central nervous system. Testosterone levels gradually decline throughout a woman’s lifespan and testosterone therapy may be useful for menopausal women with sexual dysfunction, in whom estrogen therapy alone has been ineffective.","PeriodicalId":51862,"journal":{"name":"Obstetrician & Gynaecologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Obstetrician & Gynaecologist","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/tog.12836","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Androgen therapy can improve sexual wellbeing, libido and sexual arousal in postmenopausal women through its effect on the central nervous system. Testosterone levels gradually decline throughout a woman’s lifespan and testosterone therapy may be useful for menopausal women with sexual dysfunction, in whom estrogen therapy alone has been ineffective.