FLIBANSERIN AND FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
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Flibanserin is not the female equivalent of Viagra (stictly speaking) but more like a sexual-mood enhancer.
A new health condition about which we don't often hear is young women losing interest in sex.Flibanserin pills stimulate parts of the brain associated with emotions and pleasure, including a circuit that appears to control desire and sexual arousal.
The condition is called Hypo-active Sexual Desire Disorder, or HSDD, and local doctors are testing a medication to treat it.
"It's hard to talk about. Who wants to admit they're having no sex or sex problems?" a 27-year-old woman named Sasha said.
Sasha has agreed to open up about an intimate issue because it might help somebody else. LINK.
Its effect was discovered by accident when it was being tested as an anti-depressant. Participants in the trials reported that their depression was no better but that they had experienced a boost in sexual desire.
If successful, flibanserin — developed by the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim — could become the “female Viagra”.
The company is not yet sure exactly how flibanserin works, but Dr Charles de Wet, Boehringer Ingelheim’s medical director for the UK, said: “As many as two out of every 10 women describe some degree of decreased sexual desire. Female sexual dysfunction is not just related to blood flow, but also affected by stimulation of certain brain areas dealing with sexual stimuli.”
He added: “The aim of flibanserin is to return women’s sexual desire to a normal state — no excessive sexual effects have been reported from the treatment in any clinical trial.”
The company is conducting four trials on 5,000 women in 220 locations and hopes for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration in 2009.
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