PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
TI  - Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.2009.02.0007
DP  - 2009 Mar 01
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 30--34
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/47/3/30.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/47/3/30.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull2009 Mar 01; 47
AB  - Relevant BNF section: 6.4.2There is some suggestion of a link between sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women and low circulating concentrations of testosterone.1 This underlies the development of a new transdermal testosterone patch (▼ Intrinsa – Procter & Gamble) that has recently been licensed in the UK for the treatment of women who have hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) following a menopause induced by surgery (i.e. bilateral salpingooophorectomy and hysterectomy) and who are receiving concomitant oestrogen replacement therapy.2 Here we discuss the diagnosis of HSDD, as well as the evidence for using transdermal testosterone patches in women in whom this diagnosis is made.