| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER STUDY ON A GROUP OF MEN WITH ERECTILE PROBLEMS AND A SEXUALLY FUNCTIONAL COMPARISON GROUP, THE EFFECT OF YOHIMBINE (UP TO 30 MG/DAY) WAS ASSESSED ON A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE MEASURES OF
ERECTILE RESPONSE THROUGH THE USE OF DAILY LOGS AND PSYCHOPHYSICOLOGICAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES INVOLVING RESPONSE TO VISUAL SEXUAL STIMULATION (VSS). SEXUAL DESIRE, AROUSAL, AND EJACULATORY RESPONSE WERE ALSO ASSESSED. RESULTS INDICATED NO
EFFECT OF YOHIMBINE ON MOST ASPECTS OF SEXUAL RESPONSE IN SEXUALLY FUNCTIONAL MEN. MIXED EFFECTS WERE FOUND ON MEASURES OF SEXUAL FUNCTION IN MEN WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, WITH 3 OF 11 REPORTING STRONG POSITIVE EFFECTS. UNDER YOHMIBINE,
, FREQUENCY OF SEXUAL ACTIVITIES INCREASED, AS DID SELF-ASSESSED GENTIAL RESPONSE TO VSS. DAILY DIARIES INDICATED INCREASED SEXUAL AROUSAL AND ERECTILE RESPONSE DURING MASTURBATION
BUT NOT INTERCOURSE. A NUMBER OF OTHER MEASURES, INCLUDING NPT AND RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARIES OF ERECTILE FUNCTIONING AT THE END OF DRUG PHASES, SHOWED NO EFFECT. |