Sexual Dysfunction

“What was also interesting in our study was that when choosing a source of medications, we asked them, what made you decide to go with that option? And 62% of men said that they valued privacy above everything,” says Justin M. Dubin, MD.

A novel co-formulation of bremelanotide and a PDE5 inhibitor allows the treatment to be administered to patients via a single injection.

“However, what direct to consumer does provide is convenience and privacy. Men's health has a huge stigma on it,” says Justin M. Dubin, MD.

"I would say the biggest take-home is that for Hispanic patients, there's a reduced likelihood of a successful fertility outcome that has been observed in an area that is enriched with a Hispanic population that's comparable to that of the US," says Devon M. Langston, MD.

"When controlling for demographic and clinical factors, the number of live births was reduced for Hispanic men," says Devon M. Langston, MD.

"Questions that arise for us [include] why, and what's further contributing to our observed outcome?" says Devon M. Langston, MD.

"When we reviewed the data, we noticed a large difference in outcomes based on ethnicity," says Devon M. Langston, MD.

Petros also announced that it has received positive feedback from the FDA after the agency’s informal review of Petros’ technology component for self-selection.

"Full discussion of the various fertility preservation options and an understanding of the fertility implications of the various treatment modalities must be understood by patients for them to make optimal decisions for their reproductive futures," write the authors.

“We don't have the sex therapists or psychologists who specialize in sexual dysfunction here... It's incredibly important, because if it doesn't start out as psychological, certainly, it becomes psychological, at least in some measure,” says Thomas M. Jaffe, MD.

"in general, we can use a simpler regimen [of testosterone replacement therapy] and achieve normal levels," says Peter N. Tsambarlis, MD.

"When we think about medical fertility preservation, it really is an all-hands-on-deck type of situation," says Kristin Smith, MD.

Overall, more than 78% of consumers were able to appropriately self-select to use avanafil using the drug facts label (DFL) and the assistive app, compared with 56% of consumers using the DFL alone.

“So, we see that in [the] men who have sex with men population, they have a greater mental health burden from this disease as they report having a more negative experience with a urologist,” says Thairo Pereira, MD.

“As far as that point of max curve, I would say this is pretty definitive that this is something that needs to be done and changed within someone's practice,” says Landon Trost, MD.

"Using the model of 100 implants per year, and assuming that we can reduce teaching visits by 1 during that 90-day global period, that translates into an estimated additional 3000 minutes of outpatient time that you have available to assist other patients," says Bradley Gill, MD.

Novel research to evaluate noninvasive treatments in erectile dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain

"If you don't do a repeat curve assessment with each series of injections, you're possibly going to be missing the best location to do the injections," says Landon Trost, MD.

"The viability and survivability of practices is in jeopardy," says Bradley Gill, MD.

Taher Naeem, a fourth-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, highlights 3 abstracts that were presented during the 24th Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA in San Diego, California.

"We knew that the MS or momentary squeeze pump, originally designed at AMS was a fine device, but it did have some issues. We thought we could make it even better," says Ronald A. Morton, MD.

“Sexual wellness is critical to overall health and happiness. That’s why you see more men and women turning to specialty health clinics for solutions to problems they consider more aesthetic versus medical,” said Mitchell Hollander, MD.

"We're calling upon urologists and primary care physicians to start the conversation and normalize discussion about erectile dysfunction with their patients before they fall through the cracks and ended up victims of these predatory online services," says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

“Company 3 was the most surprising; the cost was $5220 per year for 10 20-mg [tadalafil] pills per month,” says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

At 3 months following treatment, 50% of men who received CCH injections reported being “very satisfied” overall, compared with 21% of patients in the surgery group.

“We looked at the costs of various quantities and strengths of sildenafil citrate [Viagra] and tadalafil [Cialis] from 3 three well-known direct-to-consumer online pharmacies, and we compared them to Cost Plus Drugs, an online pharmacy known for its competitive wholesale pricing,” says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

"Psychological factors often have an important role [in erectile dysfunction], and psychological treatment options are available that have been found to improve outcomes," said Mark S. Allen, PhD.

“One of the things that the SMSNA does really well is promote, obviously, a lot of important learning, but also a lot of opportunities for networking,” says Matthew Ziegelmann, MD.

“It just gives us another piece of information that we can back up using data,” says Udit Singhal, MD.