#561 Solving Sexual Problems

It seems as if you can’t turn on television these days without seeing an ad for erectile dysfunction drugs. Levitra, Cialis and Viagra have been highly promoted. How good are these medications and are there any risks? What else can men do to restore erectile function? What about women’s sexual health? For years, drug companies have focused their research on male sexual issues. But now the pharmaceutical industry is discovering that many women suffer from low libido or lack of sexual pleasure. What’s in the pharmaceutical pipeline for female sexual dysfunction? Guest: Irwin Goldstein, MD, is Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. He is Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and past president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the executive board of the International Society of Sexual Medicine.