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Four Contenders in the Quest for the 'Female Viagra'

Not in the mood? Maybe one of these new drugs will help

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 20, 2010 12:09 PM CST

(Newser) – Good news for women with lagging libidos: The market for drugs and devices that stoke a woman’s desire is set to explode in the coming years. Vogue looks at some of the pills, shots, and jolts in development:

  • Orgasmatron: The decidedly unsexy combination of electrodes in your lower spine and a battery in your hip may be fully implantable in a few years (right now, paralysis, infection, and incontinence could occur if things go haywire)—for $12,000.

  • LibiGel: A testosterone gel rubbed into your upper arm daily. One woman in the clinical trial says she is now “definitely more open” to sex.
  • Bremelanotide: A hypodermic injection promising hours of arousal, dreamed up after the nasal spray version failed.
  • Flibanserin: Developed as an antidepressant, the pill succeeded only in making people feel sexy. But, like everything on this list, experts are concerned about the risks and lack of long-term information.


Not in the mood? New drugs could help.
Not in the mood? New drugs could help.   (Shutter Stock)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 28 comments
danusunt
Jan 28, 2010 11:52 AM CST
I know. What's going to go wrong there for 4 hours?
yukonchuck06
Jan 21, 2010 5:49 AM CST
No, NO, NO all these women need are a bite from everybody's favorite dinosaur: Lickalotapuss. And maybe an inCHUCKtion... : )
krymsonkyng
Jan 21, 2010 5:31 AM CST
Spudsy: You remain The Man. Can't stop laughing dude.
 

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