FDA Questions P&G Female Sex-Drive Patch

[Moloch]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulatory reviewers on Wednesday said it was unclear if Procter & Gamble Co.'s testosterone patch for boosting sexual desire in women produces meaningful benefit, or is safe over the long term.

The Food and Drug Administration reviewers will ask an advisory panel on Thursday if more safety studies are needed before the patch could be approved, according to a summary posted on the FDA's Web site.

Several companies are searching for a "female Viagra," a counterpart to Pfizer Inc.'s blockbuster male impotence treatment that could help women with sexual problems. Analysts say the market for women could top $1 billion annually.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20041201/hl_nm/health_procter_sex_dc

[htuttle]

1. Oh, can't allow this!

It's against Sharia law -- I mean Leviticus. Or something.

[VegasWolf]

5. Both. Levictus is even against football on television. n/t

[Lerkfish]

2. i think they're overestimating the market.

mostly my wife just says "again? we just did that 2 weeks ago!".

;)

[lizzieforkerry]

3. How dare those women want it!

Just think how crazy the Theocons will go when we have a buch of horny middleaged women running around!

[judge_smales]

4. I guess my wife will be a guinea pig then

when she wakes up one morning with 5 or 6 of these things stuck to her.

[rkc3]

6. It's pretty goddamned awful if your wife needs a patch to get in the mood.

I mean if you can't nail her by getting her drunk, you probably shouldn't be sleeping with her in the first place.

[VegasWolf]

7. Why is it that anything that has to do with sex is attacked? I'll

bet they would approve in a nanosecond a testerone
patch for young men that would make them want to
enlist and go kill Iraqi citizens.

[Demit]

9. make that anything to do with FEMALES' sexuality. Not important, you see

But we're subjected to Bob Dole and endless Viagra ads, that's okay.

[BlueOhio]

8. I wish they would hurry up

And find the female viagra, when i start rubbing her back and kissing her, she looks at me and says "what? again, we just did that 3 months ago"

I love her anyway.

she is my wife.

I wouldnt leave her for anything.

:crazy:

[atommom]

10. Making women crave sex? That's just wrong.

Making pills for impotent men is fine, but a good wife will just close her eyes and think of England whether she's in the mood or not ... :eyes: There's nothing more likely to bring civilization crashing down than a bunch of horny women running around. ;)

[patcox2]

11. Great, testosterone crazed women, brawling in bars and date-raping.

A drug that turns women into frat boys, sounds fun. I hope its not considered sexist to recognize that there is in fact a difference between the sexes? I know this is dangerous ground, but one of the differences seems to be sex drive and sexual behavior (things like the fact that women generally are not turned on by visual images, that men are less interested in the emotional aspects of sexual relationships). Well, here I go, stereotyping like crazy, but it always seemed to me that women are more likely to be the gatekeepers in sexual matters (no means no, isn't that just reinforcing their gatekeeping authority, and why is it noone has to educate women that when a man says no, he means it?).

So anyway, the point of all this is that, if women had the same general approach as men to sex, it seems pretty clear we'd have "glory holes" in every restroom in america, with no gatekeepers, the door would be wide open all the time. No work would get done at all.

For so long I have heard people blame all of the worst aspects of men's behavior on testosterone (competitive displays and rituals designed to attract a mate (also known as "sports"), fighting, rape, porn, wars). I sure hope that women don't develop these traits when you give them testosterone.

[Moderator]

12. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1035039