Posted on 02/07/2022 12:34:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
A pill that could stop men from cheating could "potentially" soon be in the pipeline, following a new study by scientists.
The study, published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, found that men with “hypersexual disorder” have “significantly higher” levels of oxytocin in their system.
Oxytocin — often referred to as the “love hormone” — is produced by both men and women and helps fuel positive emotions, like other hormones such as dopamine and serotonin.
It's also responsible for increasing levels of relaxation and trust.
However, the study - which examined 64 men with hypersexual disorder, and 38 men with "ordinary levels of sexual interest and arousal" - found that too much of the hormone could be a bad thing.
Researchers found “significant positive correlations between oxytocin levels and the rating scales measuring hypersexual behaviour”.
“Oxytocin plays an important role in sex addiction and may be a potential drug target for future pharmacological treatment,” co-author Dr Andreas Chatzittofis told Newswise.
In addition, the levels of oxytocin in the men with hypersexual disorder significantly reduced after they underwent cognitive behavioural therapy.
This appears to confirm that sex addiction can also be successfully treated without the use of pharmaceuticals.
While sex addiction isn't recognised as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association, compulsive sex behaviour was included in the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases list for the first time in 2018.
They described compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as a “persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in a repetitive sexual behaviour".
Just lack of any desire to be different.
Most of the "cheating men" are sodomites. So no.
Is there a pill to keep wives from getting fat?
That would save more marriages than any one thing in the universe.
You think most men who are cheating are gay?
How about cheating wives?
Oxytocin? Its effect will depend on who you’re near when you take it. Assuming you’re a “real” man and don’t go into labor.
I thought they were going to say “Lupron.”
Oxytocin prescription may help women be in the mood more.
Additionally, oxytocin is an effective treatment for postpartum and post-weaning depression.
Well was thinking a pill that did the opposite of viagra...
Don’t even have to imagine her naked.
What is the pill for, for a female to hold between her legs??
I asked my wife what she wanted to do for our anniversary. She said “I want to do something I’ve never done before.” I said , “OK you can clean the house.”
My wife said I want to go somewhere I have not been. I said try the kitchen (hat tip to henny youngman)
Cheaters (this applies to male and female) are not choosy about where they get their jollies.
That is why they are cheaters.
“It’s also responsible for increasing levels of relaxation and trust.”
I first read that as “thrust”.
Do you have a citation for that? I'm guessing arrest records tell a different story.
You can check the old police records, back when they listed guys in dresses as males. Now days no doubt they are listed as females.
But yeah, it is true.
Oh. So *that’s* the cause.
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