Nessa Admin
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| Subject: Viagra-like drug for women Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:43 pm | |
| There is a new drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia. The drug is a testosterone-laden ointment called LibiGel and it's intended to boost the libido of women who have lost interest in sex. It will be prescribed at UVa in coming months to women who are suffering from hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The condition is believed to affect one-third of American women. "It is the most common sexual problem that women have," said Dr. Anita Clayton, a psychiatrist with the UVa Health System and author of the 2007 book "Satisfaction: Women, Sex and the Quest for Intimacy." UVa joins 99 other medical institutions participating in testing the drug's efficacy and safety. If given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Illinois-based BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. hopes to offer the drug to any woman complaining of a low sex drive. For now, though, Clayton will enroll 25 women between the ages of 30 and 65 to take part in the national study. Those women must have had both ovaries surgically removed, be currently taking an estrogen supplement and be distressed about their lack of libido. Ovariectomies, or surgical menopause, can lead to a drop in sexual interest because ovaries produce roughly half of the testosterone in a woman's body. Testosterone plays a key role in sexual functioning for men and women. LibiGel comes in a pump bottle. The woman rubs the small dot of gel into the skin of her upper arm. Over the next 24 hours, the gel's testosterone seeps into her bloodstream, boosting her energy and libido.
Increase in satisfying sex
Clayton, who is running the clinical trial at UVa, said the drug is better than previous testosterone treatments because it keeps levels of the chemical constant, much like naturally occurring testosterone. "I expect this will work," she said. In its second-phase clinical trials at 17 institutions, LibiGel led to a 283 percent increase of satisfying sexual encounters for the women taking the drug. "A lot of women have this problem, but unfortunately they've been largely ignored by pharmaceutical companies," said BioSante's chief executive, Stephen M. Simes. "It's not fair that women have no drugs, while men have many."
Interesting, I always wonder about these kinds of drugs, I have heard so many stories of men showing up in the ER because the effects of there drug wouldn't go away. I can't even imagine what could happen to woman next. Besides the long term side effects of using this kind of medicine for a prolonged period of time.
What are your views? Discuss....
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Luky Admin
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:50 pm | |
| I was wondering when they will do viagra for women. | |
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Nessa Admin
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:07 pm | |
| - Quote :
- LibiGel comes in a pump bottle. The woman rubs
the small dot of gel into the skin of her upper arm. Over the next 24 hours, the gel's testosterone seeps into her bloodstream, boosting her energy and libido.
They have had pills available for woman similar to that of Viagra in the past here, but I never trusted or needed a boost in that category before. But this cream thingy now, what rub it on your arm and your sex drive goes up. I could so see this being misused at college campuses throughout the US now Niiiice.. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:40 pm | |
| Or somthing else prposed for a few years wasa "G-spot enlargement"
Allowed kids to satisfy wales ^_^
This moecule was discovered by accident, like Viagra, I've been reading up on it for about a year |
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Nessa Admin
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:44 pm | |
| Oh Good God ,Caihlem. I'd never wanna enlarge anything down there geez That's just freaky! | |
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lilacmoon VIP
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:52 pm | |
| freeky indeed i agree with nessa | |
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record4 Senior Member
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:46 am | |
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lilacmoon VIP
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| Subject: Re: Viagra-like drug for women Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:15 pm | |
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