Warnock J K, Bundren J C, Morris D W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-Tulsa 74129, USA.
Psychopharmacol Bull. 1997;33(4):761-6.
Menopause, surgical or naturally occurring, with reduced or deficient ovarian functioning has a major impact on morbidity and mortality in mid to late life. In particular, a growing body of literature is focusing on the role of androgens in maintaining women's health and emotional well-being. Further study is needed in the administration of physiologic levels of testosterone replacement therapy as an adjustment to estrogen replacement. The Sexual Energy Scale was developed to provide an objective means of measuring the change in a patient's subjective experience of vitality/sexual energy with androgen replacement therapy. The scale also provides a clinical indication for androgen replacement dosage adjustment. Advantages in using low doses of methyltestosterone in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder are discussed.
绝经，无论是手术导致还是自然发生，伴随卵巢功能减退或不足，对中老年女性的发病率和死亡率都有重大影响。特别是，越来越多的文献聚焦于雄激素在维持女性健康和情绪幸福感方面的作用。在给予生理水平的睾酮替代疗法以作为雌激素替代疗法的一种调整方面，还需要进一步研究。性活力量表的开发是为了提供一种客观手段，用以测量患者在接受雄激素替代疗法时主观感受到的活力/性活力的变化。该量表还为雄激素替代剂量的调整提供了临床指征。文中讨论了在性欲减退障碍女性中使用低剂量甲基睾酮的优势。
