Written by Rupert Kircz | Wednesday, 03 December 2008 | There are 3 comments
There's a fair amount of controversy with the labeling of female sexual problems
In the same way that many people argue that erectile dysfunction is a natural part of aging and that Viagra is not a necessity for every single man when he starts to notice slight erectile dysfunction.
Nevertheless a number of studies have shown that many women suffer from sexual problems which they can find extremely distressing and for which they really need help. For example the Journal of the American Medical Association has published research that shown that 43 percent of females suffer from FSD.
The television program Pharma Sutra claims that since Female Sexual Dysfunction has been officially classified as a disease hundreds of pharmaceutical organisations have poured vast amounts of money into coming up with a cure.
Pharma Sutra also followed three women who claim that they would consider using medication to treat Female Sexual Dysfunction to improve their sex lives. One of the volunteers explained that a female Viagra could improve the relationship she has with her husband, and another volunteer a grandmother said that she was suffering from a much lower level of sexual desire which caused her anxiety.The last volunteer a 50 year old single woman felt that a drug to boost her libido would improve her quality of life considerably.
In the United Kingdom the only EMEA clinically approved medication to treat female sexual dysfunction is the Intrinsa patch which works by releasing tiny amounts of testosterone into the body which has been proven in clinical testing to boost levels of female sexual desire.
There are 3 comments on this article.
Jennifer said:
Hi ! I am very eager to watch this documentary about FSD, and hope it spurs on the medical community to start treating this condition seriously. You're right that one of the 3 treatments being developed and discussed on that show in the Intrinsa testosterone patch (not available in the US or Canada), although I'm not sure what the pill is that is also covered in that show. However the third treatment, the 'nasal spray' is certainly either Bremelanotide or its successor (by the same company, after Brem was not approved by the FDA) currently named PL-6983 . Based on the research I've seen, Bremelanotide (PL-6983) looks like a very good candidate since it actually creates arousal in both men and women. Thanks for the post! :)
shell said:
I am wondering how safe is it..?
Jennifer said:
Re: above comment... From what I've read - and I hope the Pharma Sutra doc goes into details about this - there are some side effects. PL-6983 appears safest imo, because its predecessor Bremelanotide had slight issues with increased blood pressure, but its new version PL-6983 apparently causes arousal at 1/10 the amount that starts raising BP. That's according to Palatin Technologies. The testosterone patch isn't available outside the UK w. prescription, imo. It can cause some problems most women would want to avoid (like a bead. lol) and the pill takes much longer to kick in and, based on the previews of that doc, have caused problems for at least one woman who took it (fainting spells maybe?). We;ll have to wait for the FDA etc to approve any of them before we'll know for sure.
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