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Inhalable Aphrodisiac for Women Shows PromisePosted on May 21, 2006A New Jersey drug company says Bremolanotide, which stimulates the brain, rather than the genitals, may be the long-sought female version of Viagra. The drug is still in preclinical tests.
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By cpc, June 10, 2007 at 1:05 pm #
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With the rising use of anti-depressants, the number of women who are experiencing sexual dysfunction with the person they are in love with has to be more than “a very few cases.” I have been struggling with this since I started taking Prozac 15 years ago. So far, all the therapy and needed hormone replacement has made me a much happier person, but I have been unable to stay off of antidepressants for more than a few weeks at a stretch. I have tried all of the new ones without luck. I am desperate for this stuff to come out on the market, and I would hope that insurance would cover it!
Report thisBy shakir, June 5, 2007 at 10:46 am #
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has it been approved yet? Is it available in the market?
Report thisBy Justin, April 4, 2007 at 1:56 am #
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Where I see this benefiting someone the most would be the case of a person who is already on an anti-depressant which causes decreased sex drive. My wife is on such a drug and her sex drive is damn near nil. You must also consider women who are in highly stressful jobs where sex is one of the last things on their minds.
There is alot more to this issue then what some of you may think.
Report thisBy bruce, May 23, 2006 at 6:35 am #
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Could there be something more fundamental perhaps going on? What is up with this plethora of enhancement drugs for men and women to arouse sexual desire? Do we really need the Pharma to tell us when, how, why, and under what conditions we must engage in sex?
Report thisBy Fernando, May 22, 2006 at 11:37 pm #
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Sorry to disappoint you but if a lifestyle drug made you do something against your will, it would never be approved by the FDA. The following information was extracted from an article published by the Canadian Press on Jun. 28, 2004:
The desire-enhancing spray did pose one potential problem for the Concordia researchers, which Pfaus said they included in their investigations: “What’s to stop people from doing the old Spanish fly thing and putting PT-141 inside somebody’s Dristan? Would the drug make animals like something that they don’t like, or make them like more something that they would typically like?
“As it turned out, it didn’t have any effect,” Pfaus said. “So nobody’s going to put this in the air supply at a club and hope they’re going to have their proverbial orgy, because it’s not going to happen.
“The end result here is the drug doesn’t make you do something you don’t want to do. When the circumstances are appropriate, it makes you want it more.”
Report thisBy russell, May 22, 2006 at 5:22 pm #
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I predict there will be trouble keeping Bremolanotide out of the hands of teenage boys. In fact . . . where can I get some of this?
Report thisBy C Quil, May 22, 2006 at 2:40 pm #
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What is this thing with aphrodisiacs for women? Is it a step forward to trick their brains into desiring someone whom they would normally loathe?
Except in a very few cases, it’s not women’s general sex drive that is running down. It’s the partner they are presented with that turns them off completely.
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