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yohimbine

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yohimbine [yō′him‚bīn]
(pharmacology)
C21H26N2O3An alkaloid derived from plants that is a weak blocker of alpha-adrenergic receptors, used as a mydriatic and in the treatment of impotence.


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The effects of yohimbine plus L-arginine glutamate on sexual arousal in postmenopausal women with sexual arousal disorder.
Companies add yohimbe to their sex pills because it's a natural--but unreliable--source of the prescription drug yohimbine (yo-HIM-bean).
Patients also have claimed that other oral drugs--including yohimbine hydrochloride, dopamine and serotonin agonists, and trazodone--are effective, but the results of scientific studies to substantiate these claims have been inconsistent.
 
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