Nasal Spray Arouses Women's Desire To Have Sex In Minutes

Local 6.com ^ | Nov 17

[MRMEAN]

2005

A new nasal spray aphrodisiac for women that works in minutes may soon hit the market, according to a Local 6 News report.

Doctors said women who used the drug PT-141 in test studies felt a tingling or throbbing followed by a strong desire to have sex immediately after spraying their noses.

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PT-141 is a synthetic version of a sex hormone that works on both men and women, according to a report.

"In the case of women, what we're really doing is sensitizing the vaginal tissue so when they get touched or stimulated, they would feel it a little bit more," Dr. Carl Spana said.

The spray allows the sex drug to work faster.

• "It's a very simple product to use," Dr. Spana said. "Essentially, you take off the protective cap and place it at the base of your nostril and then they would just activate the device while breathing normally.

"It's a very simple product to use," Spana said. "Essentially, you take off the protective cap and place it at the base of your nostril and then they would just activate the device while breathing normally.

"We know that some women need something -- a pill, a nasal spray -- to get them going," Melinda Gallagher said in the report. "We're all for that. But one caveat that we have about that is they should probably look around themselves before they start taking a pill."

The sex drug is made New Jersey-based Palatin Technologies Inc.

Shares of the biotech company jumped 20 percent earlier this week after word got out about the new sex drug for women.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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[Prime Choice]

This not news, this is garbage.

Now don't go raining on our parade here! If a man's gotta dream, let him dream big.   ;o)

[tallhappy]

This works too.

On the only women who will go out with you, I'm sure.

[Larry Lucido]

There's sure to be price gouging when such a product hits the market

Ok, so you get screwed twice when you use it.

[dc-zoo]

Here's the plan.. "it's up your nose with a rubber hose, then we do the nasty".

[DTogo]

Actually, a husband doing the dishes usually has the same effect on most women!

That's an old wives tale to trick men into doing dishes.

[rockinonritalin]

On the lighter side of the news, local firefighters had to extracate a woman from a parking meter around noon today using the jaws of life after she locked on with an intensity that passers-by described as "intense yet surprisingly pleasurable". No tickets were issued.

[Peelod]

http://www.newyorkmagazine.com/lifestyle/sex/annual/2005/15061/index.html

"Is the World Ready for Libido in a Nasal Spray?
Now entering Phase 3 clinical trials: the first real, honest-to-God, horny-making, body-shaking, equal-opportunity aphrodisiac.

Horn of rhinoceros. Penis of tiger. Root of sea holly. Husk of the emerald-green blister beetle known as the Spanish fly. So colorful and exotic is the list of substances that have been claimed to heighten sexual appetite that it’s hard not to feel a twinge of disappointment on first beholding the latest entry—a small white plastic nasal inhaler containing an odorless, colorless synthetic chemical called PT-141. Plain as it is, however, there is one thing that distinguishes PT-141 from the 4,000 years’ worth of recorded medicinal aphrodisiacs that precede it: It actually works."

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[Larry Lucido]

It was cold in Chicago this week... I have the sniffles

You don't need nasal spray. You just need a little warmth. A little tenderness. A little LL.

And I told you, that doesn't stand for Lazamataz's Loungechair.

[Rennes Templar]

This is news compared to some of the other junk posted on FR!

[usmcobra]

The aroma is "New Car Scent of Porsche."

New car scent is hazardous to your health

[FDNYRHEROES]

I know this is slightly off topic, but.. Has there ever been a single documented case where a woman says "Not tonight, I have a headache" and she actually takes some aspirin for her headache?

[JRios1968]

And this is proven to work the opposite way:

[claudiustg]

--- new nasal spray aphrodisiac for women that works in minutes may soon hit the market---

There's already one here. It's called "Whiff of Wealth".

[Boazo]

I'm willing if you are.

[Hexenhammer]

Quick, contact the Nobel Prize committee!

[finnman69]

[Stellar Dendrite]

are there any risks of alpha-MSH? inducing cancer, etc?

[Stellar Dendrite]

1: Peptides. 2005 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print] Related Articles, Links

alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone, inflammation and human melanoma.

Eves PC, Macneil S, Haycock JW.

Department of Engineering Materials, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.

Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) arises from the proteolytic cleavage of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and is the most potent naturally occurring melanotropic peptide. The biological effects of alpha-MSH are mediated via melanocortin receptors (MCRs), which are expressed in virtually every cutaneous cell type. alpha-MSH has pleiotrophic functions including the modulation of a wide range of inflammatory stimuli such as proinflammatory cytokines, adhesion molecules and inflammatory transcription factors. All of the former would be consistent with a cytoprotective role for this hormone in protecting skin cells from exogenous stress, as would occur following UV exposure or exposure to agents inducing inflammation or oxidative stress. In addition to actions on normal skin cells it also modulates both cutaneous and uveal melanoma cell behavior. With respect to melanoma, alpha-MSH is intriguing as studies have shown that while alpha-MSH has the potential to retard metastatic spread (by reducing cell migration and invasion) it is also capable of reducing the ability of the immune system to detect tumor cells (by down regulating adhesion molecules that would normally assist in immune cell interaction with melanoma cells).
PMID: 16274844 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

[dk/coro]

I disagree, Vision.

When I mention to my wife that a new department store is coming to town, I get bedded almost as soon as I can hobble into the bedroom.

So, there !!! *S*

( A happy 77 and just dreaming.)

[MRMEAN]

PT-141 is a derivative of Melanotan II, a version of Melanotan, which was synthesized as an artificial alpha-MSH to prevent skin cancer. Melanotan and Melanotan II have been studied for several years and I have heard no reports as to any potential for increased cancer risk.

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Barbie drug: lose weight with a tan

Originally founded to prevent skin cancer, the drug Melanotan promises success with its ability to tan and also increases sexual desire, as well as acting as a catalyst to weight loss; the drug is also thought to combat diabetes

Posted Fri Oct. 18, 9:51:03 PDT 2002
By Erica Magill of the Campanile
In order to meet the latest standards in beauty, one must be thin, tan and clear-skinned. Imagine getting all that in a pill.

It's nicknamed the "Barbie and Ken" drug for its beautifying and doll-like side effects and is currently being developed for commercial use in Australia and the United States. Medically referred to as Melanotan, this hormone was originally synthesized as a way to prevent skin cancer but has been found to have many desirable side effects. In human trials, the subjects have reported darker skin, reduced appetite and weight loss, as well as eradicated acne and an increase in libido in men and women. There are also signs that show Melanotan to be capable of combating diabetes, and it also shows some signs of decreasing inflammation.

It may seem odd that a drug intended to hinder skin cancer in fact has other side effects, including tanning the skin."When the skin is burnt the body belatedly produces [the naturally occurring hormone] alpha-MSH," said Wayne Millen, the chief executive of Epitan, the producer of the drug.

The alpha-MSH triggers the melanin in the body, which makes the skin turn brown. The melanin is the body's own protection against harmful ultraviolet rays. However, the melanin comes too late, once the burn has already occurred and the damage is done. The Barbie and Ken drug is simply a synthesis of alpha-MSH, so it works to not only prevent cancerous ultraviolet rays from harming the skin but also to brown the skin.

The tan and increased sexual drive that Melanotan produces do not appear only in humans but in animals as well. In the early testing stages, green frogs injected with Melanotan turned a dark-ink color in 40 seconds. Golden retrievers who were given a dose of Melanotan grew black hair. Lab rats on Melanotan tripled their level of courtship behavior.

"Yes, you will go brown, because you will tan, and the reason you will tan is because the drug itself enables the body to develop melanin," Millen said.

Melanotan may also replace Viagra as the cure for "erectile dysfunction" and offers a much safer response. Melanotan, unlike Viagra, works on the brain's hypothalamus, instead of the blood vessels, so it is not only safe for persons suffering from heart conditions but it also increases sexual drive in women. This is a result of the Melanotan triggering five types of cell receptors in the brain, one of these being emotional and physical energy.

In addition to targeting an emotional and physical energy receptor, the Barbie and Ken drug also triggers an appetite-suppression receptor of the brain that makers of weight-loss drugs commonly take advantage of in their manufacturing.

The only reported negative effects of this drug are occasional flushing of the face, as well as periodic nausea and, in some cases, vomiting. However, these components of Melanotan occurred rarely and only in the early stages of human testing. In order to combat these problems, a nasal-spray form of the drug was developed that in fact works faster and decreases the likelihood of symptoms. A pellet of Melanotan that could be implanted under the skin in a non-intrusive operation is also being developed. Creators of this implant are hopeful that it will keep the patient protected from the sun for six months at a time.

As a result of Melanotan's obvious appeal, two companies, Australia-based Epitan and U.S.-based Palatin, have dedicated themselves to the manufacturing and marketing of Melanotan. Epitan has taken on Melanotan I, which is the tanning compound, while Palatin was awarded the license to manufacture Melanotan II, the impotence variation. These two companies have their hands full because of the potentially gigantic market for Melanotan. The current tanning market in the United States, which includes tanning salons and skin stain products, is worth over $6 billion per year. In addition, half of all Australians will develop some form of skin cancer during their lives. The people of this country might be interested in the possible skin-cancer prevention aspect of Melanotan. Epitan estimates its possible global market for Melanotan at more than $1 billion per year.

Now simply one thing stands in the way of the public and this potent drug: regulatory authorities around the world. It is currently impossible to isolate the different effects of Melanotan and create individual compounds. This is because if a compound triggers one receptor, it could activate other receptors, which could set off different responses, and result in the varied and sometimes unwanted side effects.

"It would be more difficult to get a drug like [Melanotan] approved because what would you call the effect of such a drug and the side-effect?" Palatin employee Dr. Annette Shadiack said. Johnnie Johnson, spokesman for Competitive Technologies Inc., the company that sold the Melanotan technology to Epitan and Palatin, gives another reason that regulatory agencies might not be willing to endorse this drug.

"The Food and Drug Administration is always reluctant to license anything that could be called a 'party drug,'" Johnson said.This could hurt the market for Melanotan in the United States because American consumers are wary about taking a drug that their government does not endorse. In a Fox News poll taken in August 2002, 29 percent of people polled said that the Barbie and Ken drug sounded tempting but that they wouldn't take anything not approved by the FDA.

Even with such obstacles in sight, Epitan and Palatin are optimistic that Melanotan will be approved for prescription use in Australia within the next three years. The companies estimate that Melanotan will be brought to the United States within the next five to 10 years.

"There is a very solid, medical reason to develop this product … we can provide a safeguard for one of the most insidious cancers of all," Millen said.

Vic Health employee Dr. Rob Moodie disagrees."Is it seriously protective or not?" Moodie said. "A lot of drug prescribing is also about fashion."

Despite the obvious vanity and shallowness tied into the promotion of the drug, Barbie and Ken are no doubt about to make their international debut as bearers of beauty. So look out, the world is about to become skin-cancer-free and as hot as, well, Barbie and Ken.