| Sexual dysfunction, in one form or the other and in | | | | brand name of Uprima (apomorphine) has hit the |
| varying degrees, is common among both men and | | | | market, although it still awaits the approval of the |
| women. According to recent studies, a large | | | | U.S. FDA. Instead of increasing blood flow in the |
| percentage of all men and women encounter some | | | | penis, apomorphine acts on the brain to enhance |
| sort of sexual dysfunction at some point in their lives. | | | | erection.These drugs should not, however, be used |
| And as they grow older, such problems become | | | | by those who have had a heart problem during the |
| increasingly common.In males, sexual dysfunction may | | | | past six months, or those with serious liver or kidney |
| be of different types like lack of desire, failure to | | | | ailments, certain eye disorders, and extreme levels of |
| obtain and/or maintain an erection, and other | | | | blood pressure.In females, lack of libido, failure to |
| problems like premature ejaculation and ejaculatory | | | | become aroused, lack of orgasm or anorgasmy, and |
| impotence, or the inability to ejaculate in coitus. | | | | vaginismus are the common sexual |
| Erectile dysfunction, however, is certainly the cause | | | | dysfunctions.Although no medications have yet been |
| for maximum concern.For the treatment of erectile | | | | approved specifically for the treatment of female |
| dysfunction, three oral medications are available: | | | | sexual dysfunction, research is continuing on the |
| sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra), and tadalafil | | | | subject, which includes looking into the possibility of |
| (Cialis). They boost the levels of nitric oxide, thereby | | | | the use of sildenafil in females.A pharmaceutical major |
| relaxing the blood vessels and smooth muscle in the | | | | is now about to get the go-ahead for a testosterone |
| penis. As a result, the flow of blood is increased, and | | | | patch for the treatment of low libido in |
| erection is achieved and maintained. Whatever may | | | | postmenopausal women. Falls in testosterone levels |
| be the cause of erectile dysfunction, sildenafil, | | | | are believed to be responsible to a large extent for |
| vardenafil, and tadalafil have proved themselves | | | | lack of libido in both men and women. |
| extremely helpful. In Europe, another drug under the | | | | |