..increase the ability to have sex rather then the desire to have sex...

Every now and again we need to remind our readers out there that the drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are not drugs that will enhance sexual desire. This is a very common misconception as people think that by taking one of the erectile dysfunction pills suddenly they will want to have sex more often and their libido will increase dramatically. Quite simply this is not the case.

All erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra can do is increase the ability to have sex rather then the desire to have sex which are completely different things. When you take an erectile dysfunction tablet what happens is that the arteries around the penile region are expanded slightly which increases the blood flow down to the penis. The erectile dysfunction drugs are completely useless unless they have the go ahead and the signal from the brain which ultimately regulates whether you want to have sex or not. If for example a man is unable to have sex with a woman because he finds her unattractive or he has some deep rooted psychological problem, the act of taking Viagra will not change the mental aspect of his problem.

At present there are no drugs on the market that can actually make a man desire to have sex more often and there is very little research going into drugs that could cure this problem. To be honest men do not normally suffer from lack of libido until well into old age and it is women who suffer from this problem more than men. This is because the sexual function of a woman is far more reliant on what is going through her brain compared to in a man where sexual function is more of a physical thing as opposed to a psychological thing.

The new drug for women that everybody is talking about in the United Kingdom is Intrinsa which works on the mental function of woman by giving her a boost of testosterone. In clinical testing it has been shown that by doing this a woman actually desires to have sex more often. Intrinsa is a completely different concept from Viagra as it is primarily a sexual libido and sexual desire booster as opposed to a sexual function booster drug like Viagra.