Patent ID: 7166626

Claim:
A method of activating serotonin or dopamine neurotransmission or a combination thereof in the brain of a mammal, said method comprising the step of administering to the mammal suffering from sexual dysfunction or in need of enhanced sexual function, a serotonin or dopamine neurotransmission enhancing amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of a (β-lactamase inhibitor, a penicillin sulfoxide, a penicillin sulfone, a cephalosporin, and a cephalosporin analog or derivative of the formula wherein X is S, SO, SO 2 , O, or CR 2 R 3 , wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen or C 1 –C 4 alkyl: R is hydrogen, a salt forming group, or an active ester forming group; R 1 is hydrogen or C 1 –C 4 alkoxy; and T is C 1 –C 4 alkyl, a halogen, a hydroxy group, O(C 1 –C 4 ) alkyl, or —CH 2 B, wherein B is a nucleophile residue.