Methods of treating medication-, substance-, disease-, and other medical condition-related sexual dysfunction
AssigneeUniversity of Florida
InventorNathan Andrew Shapira
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Abstract
Many males and females experience sexual dysfunction either caused or made worse by medications, other substances, diseases, and other medical conditions. Currently, there is need for additional treatment alternatives for these patients' sexual dysfunction. The subject invention provides a novel treatment for these individuals with sexual dysfunction by inhibiting the enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine (a compound that helps modulate normal sexual function) and elevates acetylcholine levels in the body.
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A method for the treatment of medication-, substance-, disease-, and/or other medical condition-related sexual dysfunction comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to an individual, wherein:
- a) said at least one acetylcholinesterase inhibitor is not co-administered with histamine receptor agonists;
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- b) said method excludes:
- i) the treatment of physiologic male erectile dysfunction comprising the administration of galanthamine;
- and ii) the treatment of psychogenic/psychological impotence comprising the administration of neostigmine bromide or neostigmine methyl sulfate.
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