I certainly wouldn't turn THIS 63 year old out in the cold. Even if she ate crackers.
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."
I certainly wouldn't turn THIS 63 year old out in the cold. Even if she ate crackers.
But it's made by Procter & Gamble!
But then again, I like REAL MEN ---- not the metrosexual girlie man .
Straws work better but not if you sleep on your stomach...
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There's no way in hell you're a woman.
How could it possibly have side effects with women's wiring looking like this?
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!
Don't forget this one....
So, the pollster is asking a crowd how often they have sex.
A few say a couple of times a week, once a week, every couple of weeks, once a month, etc.
A guy in the back is waving his arms and yelling "ONCE A YEAR!!"
"Why are you so damn happy?" asked the pollster.
"Tonight's the night!"
Don't the effects wear off after a few years (or children)?
I'll need THAT after all this hot sex they claim I'm gonna have!
I tend to agree with Capriole up to a point. My husband is great and well ... I won't elaborate.
I look at the husbands of some of my friends/relatives, though, and think, sheesh, they don't understand women at all! Some of them are insulting, rude, distant, etc., and then wonder why things aren't better in the bedroom. I mean, making a crack about his wife eating dessert, hurting her feelings, etc., and then expecting her to get over it and be enthusiastic about exposing the body he's just made fun of to him is not exactly displaying Mensa intelligence. Or only touching her when the bedroom door closes. I never see these men complementing their wives, asking about their days, looking them in the eye when they talk to them -- nothing.
On the other hand, I've seen some women complain about their husbands, cut them down in public, criticize their income, etc. It's a two way street.
I guess what I'm saying is that women are so often such emotional creatures (at least I am) that a little appreciation goes a long way. "Thanks for dinner, honey,", "You look really nice,", from him really warms up the atmosphere for a wife.
And "I believe you'll make the right decision about this, I trust your judgement", "Thank you for working so hard to take care of our family," from her wouldn't hurt anything, either.
How about an 8-month-old infant who can't seem to figure out that nights are for sleeping through?
I had two babies. Each time my ex-husband started getting what he wanted a couple of weeks after I got out of the hospital. I do not claim this was gourmet lovemaking during that time, and I don't claim I was crazed with enthusiasm, but I didn't want him to die of horniness and I figured the baby could cry for 20 minutes. I would put the baby in the crib, close the door, stuff a towel underneath our door and turn on an air filter so I wouldn't hear him/her for the duration. Afterwards I skedaddled back to the nursery.
P.S. Note that I refer to my EX husband. Some men are never happy.
Would you take a bet?
Of course, I've never had to resort to such subterfuge. Women immediately swoon upon my entering a room.
yes, of course I would...but theres that little problem of VERIFICATION....LOL
The Capt.
You will lose your money. But my vanity is piqued--I put a lot of work into those ab crunches--and in verification I will send you a photo taken two weeks ago.
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