VIAGRA FOR WOMEN

When women go through menopause, the hormonal changes they experience often lead to a drop in libido and less interest in sex. It's nature taking its course - just another phase in the female life cycle. It's the way we're built and programmed, biologically speaking.

So what do we do about Viagra and the other ED (erectile dysfunction) drugs that are now commonplace and marketed directly to men in TV commercials and magazine ads?

A new study in the July 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association suggests Viagra, well known for treating male impotence, can relieve sexual difficulties in women caused by antidepressant use. Women on serotonin reuptake inhibitors who took Viagra reported improved sexual function after eight weeks, compared with those who took a placebo.

It remains unclear why Viagra would work for women on these drugs but has not worked for other women, says study coauthor Julia Heiman of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Meanwhile, other studies continue to search for a “pink Viagra,” centering on women’s use of testosterone patches, a combination estrogen-testosterone pill, and Wellbutrin, an antidepressant that acts differently from the SRIs.

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