Tuesday, March 17, 2009

In support of previous posting re Female Sexual Dysfunction

Here is an article taken from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29486082/


Sex patch for women fails to boost desire
Review also questions long-term safety of testosterone treatment


LONDON - Procter & Gamble's Intrinsa testosterone patches appear to not do much to boost a woman's sex drive after menopause and their long-term safety is unclear, a review found on Tuesday.

Intrinsa is licensed for use in Europe but not in the United States where, in 2004, regulators voted against approving the patches that deliver the male hormone, citing lack of evidence for their long-term safety.

"The published evidence so far is based on highly selected women and only shows small improvements in sexual parameters and large placebo responses," Ike Iheanacho, editor of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, which published the review of published studies.

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2 comments:

  1. yet again: People marketing sex drugs for profit: Trying to exploit the myth.

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  2. AND - when you go to look at thier profile it ia ALWAYS hidden. Wonder why that is?????

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