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Is 'cuddle chemical' really the new Viagra?
Times UK ^

Posted on 04/25/2012 5:28:42 AM PDT by Perdogg

“Forget Viagra, the 'cuddle drug' could be the new way to boost performance in the bedroom,” according to the Daily Mail. Apparently, inhaling the “cuddle chemical” oxytocin can cause improvements in sexual problems “on a par with Viagra”.

(Excerpt) Read more at times-series.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: bonerpills; cialis; oxytocin; viagra

1 posted on 04/25/2012 5:28:44 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

so what do you do for a cuddle lasting more than four hours?


2 posted on 04/25/2012 5:38:04 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: Obama sez: "Nice little Supreme Court you got here. Shame if anything were to happen to it.")
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To: Perdogg

involved only a single patient with a specific condition.

Whada dumb article why even mention it


3 posted on 04/25/2012 6:02:28 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: NonValueAdded

Fall asleep.


4 posted on 04/25/2012 6:09:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ten the hard way.)
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To: t1b8zs
why even mention it

Because in a society that is obsessed with sex, and yet seems to have a terrible time actually doing it in any normal way, this sort of thing attracts readers.

5 posted on 04/25/2012 6:11:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ten the hard way.)
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To: Tax-chick
"fall asleep"
LOL! :-D

6 posted on 04/25/2012 6:15:32 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me $h!t, w!th d!fferent fl!e$". :^)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Especially in this cold weather - if you’ve got your spouse, a baby, some catz, and several blankets, everything’s good until the alarm goes off in the morning.


7 posted on 04/25/2012 6:17:29 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ten the hard way.)
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To: Perdogg

I thought Jack Daniels already made a “cuddle chemical.”


8 posted on 04/25/2012 6:17:58 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

A little more from the article:

Oxytocin is a hormone naturally released by pregnant women’s bodies to relax and open the birth canal prior to labour, although both men and women secrete it in small amounts during everyday life. It is also thought to be released after male and female orgasm, and the hormone is currently being investigated as a treatment for a variety of psychiatric conditions including anxiety, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder.

Today’s news headlines are based on study where one man was given oxytocin to treat social avoidance and behavioural problems. Oxytocin is not currently licensed for this use. It did not improve the man’s social phobia, but it did cause him to become more spontaneously affectionate, and improved all aspects of his sexual function.

As the trial involved only a single patient with a specific condition, it is not known whether the results will apply to other men with similar conditions. Also, without comparing the use of oxytocin with Viagra we cannot tell whether it truly is more effective, as newspapers have claimed. In short, medical trials in more than one person are needed to see whether intranasal oxytocin could be a safe and useful therapy to improve male sexual function.


9 posted on 04/25/2012 6:23:48 AM PDT by citizen (I'm getting a thrill)
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To: Perdogg

What’s wrong with chloroform?


10 posted on 04/25/2012 7:28:20 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Perdogg

What’s wrong with chloroform?


11 posted on 04/25/2012 7:28:50 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Tax-chick

that’s gonna happen looooooong before the four hours elapse :)


12 posted on 04/25/2012 8:56:15 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: Obama sez: "Nice little Supreme Court you got here. Shame if anything were to happen to it.")
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To: pogo101
What’s wrong with chloroform?
That is soooo wrong. But hysterical. lol
13 posted on 04/25/2012 9:16:57 AM PDT by rpierce (We have taglines now? :)
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To: Perdogg

"Daddy wants to.... cuddle !"

14 posted on 04/25/2012 10:39:37 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Perdogg

Thanks Perdogg. This sounds like it goes well with that other remedy for that issue — woman much too young for me. ;’)


15 posted on 04/25/2012 4:06:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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