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O yes! Women's sex patch to hit market
NY Daily News ^ | September 22, 2004 | SOO YOUN and DANIEL DUNAIEF

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."


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To: presidio9

61 posted on 09/22/2004 6:45:36 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (And everything under the sun is in tune...but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.)
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To: Capriole

Testify!


62 posted on 09/22/2004 6:45:39 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: coder2

I know exactly what you're talking about, my husband just walking around makes me swoon. And thankfully, we don't have neighbors. ;-)


63 posted on 09/22/2004 6:45:55 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Richard Kimball
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?

They have to have something to do in between thinking up ideas for new anti-tobacco ads.

IMHO, if all the funds and effort had been spent on basic cancer research, they' be able to cure it when you got it, or maybe have a vaccine.

We might have a couple of new antibiotics, too.

64 posted on 09/22/2004 6:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Far, far more of it comes from steers and cows than bulls......)
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To: presidio9

"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.

Darn. My wife promised not to give any more interviews.


65 posted on 09/22/2004 6:47:04 AM PDT by RtWngr
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To: asgardshill

Actually there were studies of giving older men low doses of testosterone. Based on memory, the older men experienced increased muscle density. This has all the makings of a product which will be used for non-approved reasons.


66 posted on 09/22/2004 6:48:25 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! NOV 2, 2004 is VETERANS DAY! VOTE!)
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To: coder2
I think I see an error in your post !!!

What you are actually seeing is the effect of caffeine deficit on an otherwise witty poster. I hate it when I screw up the punch line THAT badly.

67 posted on 09/22/2004 6:48:34 AM PDT by asgardshill (Got a lump of coal? Tell Mary Mapes to 'shove it' - in 2 weeks you'll have a diamond.)
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To: presidio9
I don't mean to be a "nay sayer", but I say "horse hockey"!

You could cover my spouse in these here patches, and her sex drive would go from -1 to about -.5

If that!

Patches! She don't need no steeeeking patches!

What she needs is hypnosis!

Or possibly a better looking spouse??

68 posted on 09/22/2004 6:49:34 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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To: longtermmemmory
This has all the makings of a product which will be used for non-approved reasons.

Ayup. Coming soon to a spam email near you.

69 posted on 09/22/2004 6:49:53 AM PDT by asgardshill (Got a lump of coal? Tell Mary Mapes to 'shove it' - in 2 weeks you'll have a diamond.)
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To: Phantom Lord

When I think of MILF's, I think of women in their 30's and early 40's. 58 would be pushing it.


70 posted on 09/22/2004 6:52:05 AM PDT by LanPB01
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To: asgardshill
It was a great line though !!! Even with the error !!

I couldn't help finding it though ---- I kept thinking, he's describing someone, except that.

71 posted on 09/22/2004 6:52:30 AM PDT by coder2
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To: presidio9
"He sure is smiling a lot," she said.
 

 

 

72 posted on 09/22/2004 6:53:10 AM PDT by Fintan (Oh...am I supposed to read the article???)
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To: presidio9
Intrinsa takes three to four weeks to start working.

So, if I somehow actually manage to sneak it onto a woman at a bar, I then have to track her for a month?

73 posted on 09/22/2004 6:53:17 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Capriole

Will you marry me???


74 posted on 09/22/2004 6:54:11 AM PDT by LivingNet
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To: Capriole

Wow...you just made a bunch of friends...all male!


75 posted on 09/22/2004 6:54:24 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: presidio9
Phooey. There's been a sex patch out for years that's proven 99.9% effective...


76 posted on 09/22/2004 6:55:23 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (President Kerry - - there, scared ya didn't I?)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Re-application can get costly, however.


77 posted on 09/22/2004 6:56:55 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: LanPB01

Not if you are a man in you sixties!


everybody sing, "I'mmmm back in the saddle again....."


78 posted on 09/22/2004 6:57:49 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! NOV 2, 2004 is VETERANS DAY! VOTE!)
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To: Capriole

Ah, re #27, a woman with the right attitude. You and Dr. Laura would get along great, not to mention you and your hubby...lol.


79 posted on 09/22/2004 6:58:20 AM PDT by B.Bumbleberry
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To: BadAndy
Okay, maybe I've got the wrong idea about testosterone, but wouldn't it have some emotional side effects as well? Like moodiness, competitiveness, etc.? Heck, just getting through menopause is no picnic, and then they want us back on an emotional roller coaster.

Hint: Women's Balance Pack. Fewer side effects. Also: Cocoon GH.

80 posted on 09/22/2004 6:59:20 AM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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