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Female viagra 'to get the green light'... but drug is still plagued with safety risks
Daily Mail ^ | 8/16/15 | Louise Eccles

Posted on 08/17/2015 2:59:18 AM PDT by Libloather

A drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra’ is set to be approved by a US watchdog this week – paving the way for its arrival in the UK.

Industry experts claim flibanserin could be given the green light within days, making it the first officially sanctioned drug for low female sex drive on the market.

Unlike its male equivalent, the drug combats a flagging libido not by targeting the genitals but the pleasure centre of a woman’s brain, with women who took the pill every day in trials having sex more frequently and enjoying it more.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addiction; drug; female; safety; viagra
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Safety for who?
1 posted on 08/17/2015 2:59:18 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
"Unlike its male equivalent, the drug combats a flagging libido not by targeting the genitals but the pleasure centre of a woman’s brain"

I thought they call that "shopping" ?

2 posted on 08/17/2015 3:04:15 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Libloather

Just put a poster of Sam Elliot on the ceiling.

We’ll be fine.

:)


3 posted on 08/17/2015 3:04:42 AM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

LOL


4 posted on 08/17/2015 3:05:05 AM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: Salamander

My wife loves Sam Elliot too...


5 posted on 08/17/2015 3:05:42 AM PDT by DB
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To: Libloather

Remember when hot kissing was enough?


6 posted on 08/17/2015 3:07:58 AM PDT by Rapscallion (So far we are America the Foolish.)
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To: DB

We ALL Love Sam Elliot.

Just some of us never admit it.

:D


7 posted on 08/17/2015 3:11:51 AM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: Libloather

Aka “ Stepford pills”


8 posted on 08/17/2015 3:12:17 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Rapscallion
That was before everyone was MADE to be afraid of everything

I won't post it, but there are a number of lists about how we survived childhood drinking from the same Coke bottle and riding our bikes without supervision wearing no protective gear

That was a scant 50 or so years ago

Man's decline is indeed, rapid

9 posted on 08/17/2015 3:16:45 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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>> A drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra’

A headache on Viagra... prolly a migraine...


10 posted on 08/17/2015 3:19:40 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Libloather

My ex would have needed an IV drip. Even if Sam Elliot were kissing her neck.


11 posted on 08/17/2015 3:24:10 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Libloather

Should be more popular than ruffies.


12 posted on 08/17/2015 3:56:13 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Libloather

Come to think of it, this could replace salt in the kitchen.


13 posted on 08/17/2015 3:56:44 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Libloather
I thought they call that "shopping" ?

Or "Spanish Fly"?

14 posted on 08/17/2015 4:13:07 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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To: Old Sarge

We’ll have to yield to Bill Cosby on that.


15 posted on 08/17/2015 4:15:49 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Libloather

At last! A drug to increase female sexual pleasure. I can see how this whole thing might spin out of control.


16 posted on 08/17/2015 4:18:53 AM PDT by olepap (Your old Pappy)
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To: knarf

——That was before everyone was MADE to be afraid of everything——

After “making a difference” “fear of life” rules today


17 posted on 08/17/2015 4:23:21 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: olepap

When you see 85-year old grandma hanging from a ball and chain like Miley Cyrus, you’ll know it’s a bad idea.


18 posted on 08/17/2015 4:30:06 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Libloather
However, the drug has been plagued by safety fears. Large-scale trials by manufacturers Sprout Pharmaceuticals found the pill – originally created as an antidepressant – was linked to side effects such as fainting and low blood pressure, nausea, fatigue, drowsiness and insomnia.

It causes drowsiness *and* insomnia at the same time? That can't be good.

19 posted on 08/17/2015 4:31:17 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Salamander

There is no sex after menopause. I suppose it would be Cosbyesque if I slipped this into the wife’s quinoa (or something else I wouldn’t eat)

Kidding....Kidding


20 posted on 08/17/2015 4:33:25 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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