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A subjective awareness of desire for sexual satisfaction, irrespective of sexual activity

sexual desire

Horny, horniness Psychology A subjective awareness of desire for sexual satisfaction, irrespective of sexual activity. See Sexual function.
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In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration approved flibanserin (Addyi) as the first treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women.
Novel sex dysfunction drug effective in phase 3 studies
These allowed claims under the patent Application Serial Number 14/704,223 cover methods of treating female sexual dysfunction and hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) with bremelanotide, an investigational product designed for on-demand treatment of HSDD in premenopausal women.
Palatin Technologies announces USPTO Notice of Allowance for Bremelanotide Methods for treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women: US results from the women's international study of health and sexuality (WISHeS).
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD): a primer for clinicians: introduction
Acquired low sexual desire" means that a patient had an adequate sexual desire that decreased or ceased for an unknown reason.
Flibanserin for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women: flibanserin has shown moderate efficacy in improving low sexual desire, however, it is contraindicated with alcohol use
The report provides a snapshot of the global therapeutic landscape of Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder - Pipeline Review, H2 2015 - New Market Report
The primary endpoint for sexual desire in the first two studies was a response on an electronic diary reporting the highest level of desire over the last 24 hours.
Flibanserin approved for low female sexual desire
However, discrepancies in sexual desire are not a phenomenon unique to couples seeking therapy.
Understanding the phenomenon of sexual desire discrepancy in couples
In three phase III 24-week North American studies, women treated with flibanserin had significant improvements in the number of satisfying sexual events (SSEs) per month and sexual desire from baseline.
FDA decision on flibanserin expected by August
The women who had low sexual desire reported feeling less connected with their relationship partners, and they also said it had a negative impact on body image and self-confidence.
Fyi: news from the society for women's health research
The new study found that eye patterns concentrate on a stranger's face if the viewer sees that person as a potential partner in romantic love, but the viewer gazes more at the other person's body if he or she is feeling sexual desire.
Look in the eyes to know if its love or lust
Loss of sexual desire is the most common problem for women [21].
The survey of sexual functioning of women with children and without children and its relationship to marital satisfaction
He pointed to an idea prevalent in gender theory circles that this version of sexual desire in women "is socially and culturally constructed as a means of controlling female sexuality.
AUB doctor takes on myths of female sexuality

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