Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'


	Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'

infidel70

11-16-2009 2:32 PM

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11-16-2009 3:12 PM

lollipop10

Hmmm, that's interesting. But what else does it affect?

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One of the world’s oldest controversies - over the nature of female sexual 
  desire - is set to be reopened today by the discovery of a drug described as 
  “Viagra for women”.
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Doctors testing a new anti-depressant found it was useless as a mood 
  brightener - but was unexpectedly effective at boosting the female libido. 
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 Now three clinical trials have shown that the drug fibanserin significantly 
  improved sexual desire and satisfaction in women. 
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 The accidental discovery mirrors that of Viagra, which was being tested as a 
  heart medicine in the 1990s when the male subjects prescribed it discovered 
  it had a pleasing side effect. 
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However, fibanserin is different in that it works on the brain rather than on 
  the genitals, according to John Thorp, professor of obstetrics and 
  gynaecology at the University of North Carolina. Doctors have long known 
  that in women, the brain is the most important sex organ. 
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