Primary Care Use of Testosterone Therapy to Benefit Women Experiencing Distress Related to Decreased Sexual Desire After Surgical Menopause

    January 2019
    Damian Rawnsley
    Studysummary This review discusses the evidence for testosterone therapy to improve sexual desire in women after bilateral oophorectomy and provides prescribing recommendations for nurse practitioners, but it reports no new clinical results.
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