28 December 2006

Boosting a Woman's Sex Drive--The German Drug

Researchers at German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim have stumbled upon a drug that may be another sex drive booster that works in women. The scientists were looking for a new fast acting anti-depressant, but incidentally discovered that the drug--flibanserin--generated a surge of sexual desire in many women subjects.

Like all companies working on antidepressants, Boehringer surveyed patients in its clinical trial to assess dampening of libido, a well-established side effect. Far from complaining about a drop in sexual desire and arousal, many of the women in the trial reported a surge.

The men had no such response—and neither group showed any improvement in mood. "It is an interesting drug," says Dr. André T. Guay, director of the Center for Sexual Function at the Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. "These things come about in strange ways."

...."This is not something that can be taken on a Friday for the weekend," says Boehringer Ingelheim spokesman Mark R. Vincent. "There is a gradual increase in sexual desire over a six- to eight-week period."

Pinning down the mechanism is especially critical, in this case, because the FDA views drugs that affect the complicated central nervous system with extra caution.
Source.

The other drug currently in the pipeline with the ability to boost a woman's (and men's) libido, is Bremelanotide.

Some are calling the new female libido boosters "viagra for women", but that only demonstrates their ignorance of both how Viagra works and what it actually does for men--which has little to do with sex drive, and everything to do with the mechanics of joinery.

While women might look forward to flibanserin working its slow way through the drug approval process, men will need to focus their sights on Bremelanotide.

Hat tip Pharmagossip.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi,

Thanks for the news about flibanserin. I wasn't aware it was in development and a possible treatment for women with FSD.

However, related to your last paragraph, I think both men AND women can still focus on Bremelanotide as a good solution for both sexes experiencing sexual dysfunction.

I actually write about Bremelanotide in my own blog, and get a lot of my latest news about it from the Bremelanotide Bulletin. If you haven't already seen it, their latest post links to the most recent results for men and both pre-menopausal and post-menopausal with FSD.

http://www.bremolanotide.com/bremelanotide-bulletin/

And the link indicated for December 2006 also has a quote or two from women who tried Bremelanotide and definitely experienced some success with it. :)

So thanks again for the flibanserin info. I'm off now to do some research of my own about it!

-Wendy

Wednesday, 03 January, 2007  
Blogger al fin said...

Wendy, I agree that Bremelanotide looks good for both sexes. It's possible that Flibanserin will work with both sexes as well, once they understand how it works better. At this point it isn't clear that they've separated the anti-depressant effect of flibanserin from the libido effect. Other antidepressants, such as Wellbutrin, can also boost libido via dopamine (presumably).

I'm happy to hear about the bremelanotide blog. It's always good to learn about good watchdog blogs that specialize in specific areas like aphrodisiacs, stem cells, or cognitive science.

Thursday, 04 January, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice resource, I was also looking for bremelanotide (PT-141) and I found this one http://www.bremelanotide.ws , they sell 15 vials (4mg per vial)
$367

However I didnt order it so I cant guarantee for their service.

Thursday, 11 January, 2007  

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