Posted on 09/22/2004 6:21:35 AM PDT by presidio9
Viagra-popping men soon will meet their match in patch-wearing women. The latest tool in the battle to rev up listless libidos is a little oval skin patch aimed at boosting a woman's sex drive.
Trial runs of the patch, called Intrinsa, have been so promising that the Food and Drug Administration put it on the fast track to approval yesterday.
"It works," said a 58-year-old Manhattan housewife who participated in a recent study of the Procter & Gamble invention.
The woman said that once she started using the patch, sex with her husband of 29 years went from once a month to twice a week. "He sure is smiling a lot," she said.
The patch was tested on women whose ovaries had been surgically removed, decreasing their hormone levels. The device releases testosterone.
Procter & Gamble officials said if all goes well, the patch could be available for doctors to prescribe sometime next year, and some think it may develop the same kind of buzz as Viagra.
Experts believe the patch eventually could go into wider use to help other postmenopausal women kick their sex drives into a higher gear.
Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, author of the book "What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex," said there is a big need for the drug.
"I've had women tell me, 'I'd rather be cleaning the toilet seat than have sex with my husband, who I love dearly,'" said Hutcherson. "They want to do something about it."
"Some women care so much about their lower libido that they'll talk about it every time you see them, even when you're talking about health issues that seem much more important," said Dr. Lila Nachtigall, an NYU Medical Center professor who treated 30 women in the study.
Unlike Viagra, which men take a few hours before intercourse, Intrinsa takes three to four weeks to start working.
But another woman who participated in the study said it's worth the wait. "It does get your juices flowing, so to speak," she said.
But gynecologists warned that testosterone, which can cause a woman's voice to deepen and body hair to grow, is not for everyone.
"When the drug becomes available, you'll find young women who shouldn't be taking it," Hutcherson said. "They should look for other reasons why they have a decrease in desire."
"Let's see....hormone patch, nicotine patch, now a libido patch. I'm gonna look like a friggin' quilt by the time I hit 50!"
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Coffee spewing on computer screen alert!
Way too funny for this early in the morning. Good one!
Yeah mine too :o)
You'll have to ditch the nicotine patch, if you use the libido patch.
Everyone wants a cigarette after a marathon sex sesh! ;-)
TMI!!!!! ROFL
Just an observation .. the article talks about how this is for post menopausal women and younger woman should not use it. Then the picture they use in thier advertisement is obviously one of a 20 something babe.
No offense ladies, but that is not a picture of a mid-50's abdomen and hips.
So does it get the kids to go to bed early too?
Where can I purchase a few cases?
I am a woman and women like this who think sex is all about what THEY want make me sick. This has got to be a major contributor to divorce. Men do not get married to live in frustration. If he wants it six days a week and twice on Sundays, and she is not sick or in pain, and he is not revolting, I don't see what her excuse is.
Am I the only one who thinks there's something sadly pathetic that much of our medical research is directed at creating drugs specifically designed to help men who can't get erections have sex with women who aren't in the mood?
Let all out, man.
Well you know women want theirs too, probably because their husbands are taking viagra and the wives are moody and dry from menopause. I sell herbal viagra at the store and all guys care about is getting a boner.
There's a very old joke right along these lines about a woman who is given pills like this and develops some facial hair. Life imitates jokes bump.
Was like playing the same old 9 hole golf course till they finally added a back 9....
A fun ping!
It is called a Breathe Right strip. I started using them and my wife says it has made a 150% difference. She can sleep now without hearing an all night nostril concerto, and I have found that my sleep is much better. I no longer wake up 5-6 times a night, and wake in the morning feeling a ton better than I have in years.
I have also found in the last few months that losing 40 pounds has much the same effect on a wife's libido as this patch does. ;-)
you mean............cash doesn't work anymore?
Tell it sister!
hehe awww well I'd rather have baby rolls than just middle aged suburban flab :o)
"It's all about the O"
Just to be clear -- I am the one who lost the 40 lbs. :-)
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