This concise drug guide lists 500 substances, such as pharmaceutical drugs, lifestyle drugs, and environmental toxicants that show documented untoward effects on the male sexual organs and their functions. All substances are listed in user-friendly alphabetical order with a uniform structure throughout the book. Each listing includes evidence-based information with up-to-date references and all studies mentioned are evaluated and categorized according to study and sample types. This unique compendium provides more detailed information on each drug than any other standard pharmacology title. Knowledge of the relevance of undesirable drug effects will enable the physician working in the fields of andrology and reproductive medicine to decide whether there is a relationship between a disturbance of male sexual function and a drug's adverse side effects. An electronic PDA-version accompanies the book.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Physiology of Testicular Function.- Spermatogenesis.- Testosterone.- Synthesis.- Physiology of Sexual Functions.- Erection.- Ejaculation.- Drugs Compromising Male Sexual Function (As a list in alphabetical order of the generic name of a compound).- References.