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Spray to boost female sex drive
A spray that helps increase women's enjoyment of sex has undergone successful trials.
The spray, developed by Australian company Acrux, contains the male sex hormone testosterone.

It was initially designed with post-menopausal women in mind, but has also been shown to work for young women with a low libido.

Acrux plans to carry out larger trials, and does not expect the spray to come to market for several years.

The spray was tested over four months in three doses on 261 women with a low sex drive and low testosterone levels.
Researchers found a statistically significant rise in the number of satisfying experiences at the end of the fourth month for women taking the second highest dose of the spray.

The only apparent side effect was a small increase in body hair among some of the participants. This prompted two women taking the highest dose of the spray to drop out of the study.

The spray delivers testosterone and a substance to ensure the hormone is held in the skin and absorbed over 24 hours - similar to the way sunscreen remains on the skin.

New focus

Lead researcher Professor Susan Davis, of Monash University, Principal investigator, said previous research had focused on postmenopausal women known to have low testosterone levels.

"But many younger women also report having low sexual interest and enjoyment and traditionally," she said.

"This has been explained away as being caused by relationship issues, depression or other life circumstances.
"But now we know for many women the underlying problem is biological.

"If further studies reconfirm the benefits we have seen, the spray could make an enormous difference to the quality of many women's lives.

"This is not just about sex - it's about having a satisfying home and social life, and having happier relationships and communities all round."

US regulators last year refused to approve a stick-on testosterone patch developed by Procter & Gamble to treat low sex drive in post-menopausal women.

An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration said more data were needed on the patch's long-term safety.

Professor Davis said there was a degree of concern about the concept of treating older women with hormone to achieve levels that were more normal for their younger counterparts.

But she said giving young women testosterone to restore to it to the same levels of as other women of a similar age was a different matter.

Not a panacea

Dr Geoff Hackett, of the British Society for Sexual Medicine, said it was important that the spray was only given to women who had been thoroughly assessed, and shown to have low testosterone.

He told the BBC News website "This should not be seen as a panacea. Low female sex drive is a much more complex thing than men not getting an erection, which in 90% of cases is due to organic disease.

"If a woman takes this spray when her low libido is not due to low testosterone levels then it could cause even more problems for her relationship."

Dr Hackett also warned that raising testosterone levels too high was linked to side effects such as beard growth, hair loss, greasy skin and acne.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/4252999.stm



darksideofme
Yeeeesssssssssss!!!!!! FINALLY an answer to all my prayers.
kalend
I want to say that there are plenty of similar products.
I always use women's supplements (Sentia is good for me).
Thisis???????
mmmm not so cool but cool.
The Skeptic Eric Raven
Testosterone has been always known to do this. Back in my steroid days, my girlfriend did some(steroids are test) she turned into a raving nymphfo(mispelled). Not only does it cause extra hair in women but can deepen their voice. This most be a very small dose, but it is nothing new.
ivytheplant
I don't think my other half would be able to keep up. He's having a hard time as it is. I should forward this article to my mother though. innocent.gif
Waspie_Dwarf
Persoanally I think the research is heading in the wrong direction. From my point of view it is not a spray to increase a womans sex drive that is needed, it is one that lowers their standards. sad.gif
Carajbu
QUOTE(Waspie_Dwarf @ May 25 2006, 05:16 PM) [snapback]1205713[/snapback]

Persoanally I think the research is heading in the wrong direction. From my point of view it is not a spray to increase a womans sex drive that is needed, it is one that lowers their standards. sad.gif


Hahaha. That was cute
Master Sage
Viagra+that spary=good resulsts! grin2.gif
Banshee_ubp
now all we need is a pill that makes mens sex last longer lol. I am not talking about the sideeffect of viagras.
Avinash_Tyagi
No thanks, I don't want a hairy girl
intrepid
I can imagine the abuse of this product now - "Rape victim sprayed to make experience better for attacker" and sh** like that.
ivytheplant
Rape isn't about sex anyway, it's about power. So this product would be irrelevant to it.
kalend
QUOTE(Master Sage @ May 28 2006, 12:40 PM) [snapback]1208474[/snapback]

Viagra+that spary=good resulsts! grin2.gif

Viagra has bad side effects girls, believe me... sad.gif sad.gif sad.gif Sentia is natural, safe and works better.
crouton
That's all the world needs! More sex hungry citizens. I think they should develop a spray that reduces the male sex drive. Of course, if that happened, men would not go to work, or bathe, or anything, they would just sit around and drink beer and watch tv. tongue.gif Hey, wait a minute! They do that anyway! grin2.gif
ivytheplant
QUOTE(crouton @ Jun 10 2006, 06:43 PM) [snapback]1226695[/snapback]

That's all the world needs! More sex hungry citizens. I think they should develop a spray that reduces the male sex drive. Of course, if that happened, men would not go to work, or bathe, or anything, they would just sit around and drink beer and watch tv. tongue.gif Hey, wait a minute! They do that anyway! grin2.gif


Just keep that sex drive reducing spray away from me and my guy. I need him to be able to keep up. wink2.gif
Mr Slayer
I don't really think my lady would have any use of that. ph34r.gif
Kaknelson
I don't need spray. That's all i have to say.
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