At present the only female sexual dysfunction drug is Intrinsa

Research carried out at the University of Chicago shows that women may in the future have not only the drug Intrinsa to help them with female sexual dysfunction but also a new drug which is based on compounds which have been found in the sweat of mothers who are breast-feeding. Professor Martha McClintock announced her new research at a conference organised by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Washington. She outlined her new research by explaining that she believed that extracts from the nursing mothers could be used to develop a new libido medicine for women.

If a drug was to be developed from this new research it would be a drug that is very similar to the Intrinsa sexual dysfunction drug used by women. It is important to make a complete distinction between lack of sexual desire and lack of sexual function. Men tend to suffer from sexual dysfunction which can be cured with the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, whereas female sexual problems tend to be lack of libido and sexual desire.

At present this research is still at an extremely early stage and at Ukmedix News we have seen quite a few research projects like this fail as further research is done. Nevertheless the preliminary results from testing done with this sweat extract produced good results meaning an increase in sexual desire in 24 percent of the women. The testing was done using pad that had been scented with the sweat from nursing mothers and the participants were not told what the research was about. They were then questioned at regular intervals about their mood and their sexual desire.

At present the only female sexual dysfunction drug is Intrinsa that is available to women with a prescription. It is administered by way of a patch that releases a small amount of testosterone into the bloodstream. The research was recently published in a clinical journal called Hormones and Behaviour.