Pharmacology for the treatment of premature ejaculation

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-644

  Giuliano, François ^a,b,c   Clçment, Pierre ^b,c  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Pelvipharm Laboratories   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DAPOXETINE; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PAROXETINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PRILOCAINE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SUBSTANCE P; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DROWSINESS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXCITEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIBIDO DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; ORGASM; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARESTHESIA; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS GLANS; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PREMATURE EJACULATION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930486523     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.111.004952     Document Type: Article

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