FEMALE VIAGRA
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
BY: TOM ROSE
"Female Viagra" which goes by the trademark "Tefina" will be tested soon on women in Canada and Australia, according to a medical report released earlier this week.
The clinical trial may pave the way in the US for a long awaited counterpart to the phenomenally successful sexual performance drug (male Viagra?) prescribed to men for the last 14 years.
The medication is not an exact opposite of the male sexual enhancement stimulant. Tefina, instead of increasing female hormones, boosts testosterone, in this case with a gel, absorbed through a nasal applicator, rather than just popping a "little blue pill" as men do.
But, according to an article published on theGlamour sex and love blog on Thursday, this new drug will not cause side effects in women, like a booming voice or increased body hair.
The medication treats female sexual dysfunction, known as anorgasmia (the inability to achieve orgasm) and, according to Monday's Medical Daily, women have already begun trials in the United States.
Successful results could mean American women may be one step closer to the same kind of treatment for lowered libido which men have flocked to, and had great success with, since Viagra became available on the US market in 1998.
Could this just be a gimmick thought up by the drug companies salivating over the untapped half of the patient pool?
Not according to Dr. Fiona Jane of Melbourne's Monash University in Australia.
"A lot of people have thought that drumming up the idea of a female 'Viagra' is just for pharmaceutical companies" she told New Zealand's One News. "In fact, there is a huge need for women to have their sexual dysfunction addressed."
If this new drug is half as successful as Viagra has been, women may soon be able to enjoy sex more, a state of mind and body thought to be a key factor leading to an increased sense of well-being.
It's interesting that Tefina is administered nasally. Perhaps by the time the drug hits the American market it will be sold in a more familiar form.
Is the world about to enter the age of the little pink pill?
What do you think? Will American women try Tefina, if it goes to the market? How will men react to a "female Viagra"?
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