Rapid-onset medicament for the treatment of sexual dysfunction

摘要

A rapid-onset pharmaceutical composition that is useful for treatment of sexual dysfunction, stimulation of sexual activity and enhancement of sexual desire, interest and performance in men and women is disclosed. The composition is a dosage form comprising (a) a therapeutically or sexual-stimulatorily effective amount of a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight, excluding counterions, not greater than 250, and (b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; and is adapted for delivery by a route of administration that entails interaction with the organs of taste yet has acceptable organoleptic properties. Illustrative therapeutic agents useful in dosage forms of the invention are compounds having the formula (II): wherein X is O or S; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.