Agent shows promise for female sexual dysfunction
Women receiving CNS drug show increased levels of desire vs. placebo in small study
Publish date: March 1, 2007
Laird Harrison
Laird Harrison
Las Vegas—An investigational drug that acts on the central nervous system may work as a treatment for female sexual dysfunction (FSD), according to a recent study from New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. The drug, bremelanotide, is also being investigated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men.