A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of maca root as treatment for antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction in women

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dording, Christina M ^a   Schettler, Pamela J ^b   Dalton, Elizabeth D ^a   Parkin, Susannah R ^a   Walker, Rosemary S W ^a   Fehling, Kara B ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Mischoulon, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACA ROOT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSANT INDUCED SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ARIZONA SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SCALE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MACA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL SEXUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGASM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84928957737     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/949036     Document Type: Article

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