Assessing the clinical efficacy of sildenafil for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1275-1285

  Brown, Dana A ^a   Kyle, Jeffrey A ^b   Ferrill, Mary J ^a  

^a PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSPEPSIA; FACIAL FLUSHING; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SULFONES;

EID: 67651100816     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L691     Document Type: Article

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