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Female Viagra patch to boost women's libido has arrived
March 26, 2007
Viagra, the anti-impotence drug that has so far
helped men who have lost their sex drive, will become available
for women on the NHS (National Health Service) from this week.
Intrinsa- the female Viagra - is now all set to change the sex
lives of women.
The drug will initially only be obtainable on prescription
for post-menopausal women diagnosed with sexual
problems.
But, it is possible that the patches will later
transform into over the counter drugs, for use by younger women
without sexual problems, but who still want to boost their libido,
reports the Daily Mail.
The new treatment for women works by letting loose
the male hormone testosterone through the skin into the bloodstream.
The patch, which is about the size of an egg, is
put on just below the navel and changed twice every week.
Manufacturers Procter and Gamble said that the
patch helped boost libido in hundreds of women in trials, and increased
the amount of sexual activity they experienced.
Successful results were also found in menopausal
women, who had been diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder,
a condition where sexual activity is reduced - leading to psychological
distress.
Other tests showed that it worked on women suffering
loss of libido after a hysterectomy.
The Intrinsa patches worked by increasing the level
of testosterone in the blood. Though it is recognized as the male
sex hormone, it is naturally occurring in women too, secreted by
the ovaries and the adrenal gland.
According to experts, the therapy would benefit
women having a hysterectomy and others having a premature menopause
before the age of 50.
Makers went for a patch system rather than a pill,
which would have led to too high a dose, to avoid the unfavourable
effects of testosterone, which could cause excessive body hair and
liver disorders.
Unlike Viagra, the patch does not work immediately;
it takes weeks to have an effect.
Intrinsa works on a completely different principle
to Viagra because women's sex problems are down to social, phsychological
and emotional factor, dissimilar to men's difficulties that is physical.
Procter and Gamble said that the patches would
help women with female sexual dysfunction
(FSD).
Some campaigners consider FSD as a syndrome created
by the pharmaceutical industry to make the treatment of a social
issue benefit their trade.
However, many doctors believe that one medicine
cannot treat four different conditions problems like desire, arousal,
achieving orgasm and genital pain.
Source : Daily India
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