Persistent genital arousal disorder: A case report in a woman with lifelong PGAD where serendipitous Administration of Varenicline Tartrate Resulted in Symptomatic Improvement

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1479-1486

  Korda, Joanna B ^a,b,e   Pfaus, James G ^c   Goldstein, Irwin ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^d ALVARADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e San Diego Sexual Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; Nicotine; Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder; Persistent Sexual Arousal Stimuli; Varenicline

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CARVEDILOL; CITALOPRAM; ENALAPRIL; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; VALSARTAN; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; ORGASM DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; STOMACH DISEASE; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

EID: 65149099746     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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