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Sexual activity was evaluated in 51 women with hirsutism associated with increased levels of circulating androgens before and while on combined treatment with the antiandrogen cyproterone acetate (CA) and ethinyl estradiol (EE2) and compared to a reference group of 52 subjects. The percentage of unbound testosterone (T) was higher (p < 0.001), the coital frequency lower (p < 0.05), and the masturbation frequency higher (p< 0.04) in hirsute women. Mean frequency of total activity (coitus plus masturbation) was similar in the two groups. Treatment with combination of CA and EE2 resulted in a decline of unbound T (p< 0.001). There was no change of total sexual activity, but coital frequency increased (p < 0.05) and masturbation frequency declined (p < 0.04). It is concluded that raised levels of circulating androgens, as judged by free T concentration, are not of crucial importance in the expression of sexual behavior in hirsute women.
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Adamopoulos, D.A., Kampyli, S., Georgiacodis, F. et al. Effects of antiandrogen-estrogen treatment on sexual and endocrine parameters in hirsute women. Arch Sex Behav 17, 421–429 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542482
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