Drugs do not only relieve male menopause

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7258.451

BMJ 2000;321:451 ( 12 August )

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Drugs do not only relieve male menopause

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EDITOR $---$ Gould, Petty, and Jacobs debated about facts for and against the existence of a male menopause.¹ Both positionsfocused on sexual dysfunction. Jacobs referred to a new classof drugs that offer significant therapeutic potential for maleerectile disorder. But no one mentioned the impact of drug abuseor drug treatment on the decline in sexual interest andpotency.

For example, it has been described that more than 41% of hospital inpatients aged 65 years and over were found to use benzodiazepinesand alcohol in excess² and that drug treatment account forerectile dysfunction in approximately 25% of cases.³ In developedcountries, ageing (in men and women) is associated with an increasein the consumption of medical drugs. This contributes to improvethe health of ageing people, although it also increases the riskof adverse events related to drug treatment. Drug related sexualdysfunction is distributed dependent on age . . . [Full text of this article]

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