In a survey seen by Ukmedix it is clear that over 60% of all UK women between the ages of 25 and 50 would use a Viagra like drug if they could get their hands on it and almost 50% of the women questioned said that they had lower sex drives than they desired. In all over three thousand women were interviewed about a host of different topics to discover attitudes to sex, weight loss and womens' issues.

The study underlines the money to be made if a drug company could find the female Viagra and make it widely and easily available for women. When Viagra burst onto the market in 1998 the sales were phenomenal and some surveys suggest that a female sexual dysfunction drug would outstrip the sales of the male versions.

The problem that drug companies are facing is that sexual function for a woman is more complicated than for a man and tends to be rroted more in the mind than in the body, so the scientists are having to focus on careful analysis of brain function and less on the physical side of things. The first erectile dysfunction drug for men was purely a physical drug and had no effect on the mind and extensive testing of Viagra on women was eventually stopped after poor results.

Some good results are being experienced with a few research projects into FSD most noticeably the reserach going into a new nasally inhaled spray called PT-141 which make both women and men experience immediate and strong desires for sex. At present it is being tested thoroughly and will need EMEA and FDA approval before it is made available to the general public. If it is effective it will a money spinner.