TREATMENT OF ESTROGEN-DEFICIENCY-INDUCED SEXUAL DISTURBANCES

Objective: Is it possible to successfully treat sexual disturbances re lated to an estrogen deficiency syndrome with estrogens? Methods: For 4 months, sexual dysfunctions (loss of libido, dyspareunia, difficulti es in experiencing orgasm) were treated with a transdermal system - th e estrogen patch - in one group cyclically and in a second continually . Women with uterus got I mg/day norethisterone acetate for 12 days a month. Results: By estrogen therapy alone, success was seen in 40/41% for loss of libido, in 75/56% for dyspareunia and in 47/25% for diffic ulties of orgasm. Conclusions: In spite of the complexity of the biops ychosocial causes of the sexual disturbances in relation with an estro gen deficiency syndrome, the replacement therapy is successful in many cases.