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Viagra may give boost to women

HAYLEY MICK

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 10:18 AM EDT 23/07/08

Study finds Viagra helps premenopausal women whose depression is in remission achieve orgasm ...Read the full article

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  1. brian hope from Canada writes: The JAMA study was sponsored by Viagra manufacturer Pfizer Inc.
    Wonderful, if you have a drug then you find someone to find a use for the drug. I guess the good doctor who did this 'research' has done just that!
  2. City Pig from Toronto, Canada writes: I know a lot of women enjoy the company of a cunning linquist....
  3. Mike Quinlan from Gatineau QC, Canada writes: What can you say, but Viva Viagra. Its not just a drug its a lifestyle and mindset. These are limp times we are living in.
  4. Fed Up from Halifax, Canada writes: How do you take something '2 hours before you have sex' if you have a lagging sex drive, which would mean you don't want sex anyway?

    I was on anti-depressants over 10 years ago for a period of time, and sex was the furthest thing from my mind.

    Do they mean inability to achieve orgasm? Because that's also a side effect for both men and women with certain anti-depressants.
  5. City Pig from Toronto, Canada writes: Fed Up from Halifax, Canada writes: How do you take something '2 hours before you have sex' if you have a lagging sex drive, which would mean you don't want sex anyway?

    I was on anti-depressants over 10 years ago for a period of time, and sex was the furthest thing from my mind.

    Do they mean inability to achieve orgasm? Because that's also a side effect for both men and women with certain anti-depressants.
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    Now that's depressing.
  6. Fish Lips from Toronto, Canada writes: this article isn't very clear at all. and i think it's best to be skeptical in this circumstance.
  7. hossein hajiagha from Victoria is blond city?, Canada writes: with Viagra or without Viagra Canadian life?
    nothings change happening to my life far as I know with me I can not get women is so hard to meet women in canada ,every five year's if I be lucky and $ for
    all of them are rich , home owner,working for government many of them are pay to the large guy's as bodyguard I call sex slaves,
    Is change.
    In back century was man be in power....now women get every things and man get nothings?
  8. Leslie Symes from Canada writes: I'm skeptical b/c it's Pfizer, and they definitely have an agenda... BUT... I definitely think this is worth investigating further. I've gone off anti-depressants in the past for this very reason... life without orgasms is pretty much not worth living... :)
  9. Steve Not an Alberta Redneck from Calgary, Canada writes: Don't get too excited. Within months this will be listed as the latest date rape drug and you'll risk 5 years incarceration for having sex with a women whose taken it.
  10. dick brown from missy, Canada writes: ...are there any women NOT on anti-depressants?
  11. Paul I from Rochester NY, United States writes: This makes sense if the depressed woman gives the Viagra to her partner
  12. Marley B from Vancouver, Canada writes: I will be honest here. I do take ED meds and have for a couple of years. There is much made about how all they do is create the mechanism(s) to work. What many other men that take them will tell you though, is that the increased blood flow generates an amorous period. You are semi or slightly erect and this makes one, well horny. The improvement in erection capability increases self-confidence and in turn makes one ready to play.
    I can only believe that the same thing will happen in women. The increased blood flow will enlarge the clitoris and does flush the skin - replicating what happens naturally in sexual stimulation. This is turn will increase the desire to or re-generate a desire to possibly have sex.
    I have to say though that I am not a fan of Viagra particularly. It is quite harsh. I experience major face flushing, headaches, stuffy nose, ruby red lips and blood shot eyes. I take Levitra and in smaller does than recommended. It only takes a little of these powerful drugs. I still get a bit stuffed up but it only lasts a couple of hours and then the good effects last for days, allowing for spontaneity.
    I am sharing this personal information because I don't think enough people talk about the realities of these drugs. No, men and women don't have to walk around with raging perpetual hard ons. However, the drugs do replicate the natural flushing, engorging of genitalia and put one in the "zone" It's like when your stomach is empty and you are hungry you tend to eat because you are in the mood to so.
    I cannot stress enough though to speak with your doctor first. That the drugs are strong and not be used lightly. That we should all keep on top of research about long term use of these drugs and side effects. They have helped me tremendously but I also don't want to be dependent on them. They brought back some physical confidence I had lost and the rest: intimacy, sensuality and mutual respect are up to me. Good luck and good sex!
  13. dick brown from missy, Canada writes: I wonder if ED drugs were available over the counter if it would have an impact on our low birth rate? Kinda like a boinking festival...?
  14. W.A. Darnell from Canada writes: Drug companies are focused on the wrong end of things. For most women, sex is all about her emotions; not the physical mechanics. Isn't that where the attention should be? Dr. George Dodd understood this basic principle when he developed the Scentuelle patch... a hi-tech aroma that works on the mood center of the brain using your sense of smell. Best of all, it has no side effects which is an added bonus. I'd rather my sensibility than more crazy drugs flowing through my body.
  15. Rt. Revd. Malachy Egan from Halifax, Canada writes: City Pig: you should stick to the fuzzy issues like Fantino.

    Steve Not an Alberta Redneck from Calgary, seeing as you are so intuitive that you know what I studied in university even though we have never met, could your please supply me with the winning numbers for the next 6/49 lottery?

    Check under your collar hombre: it might be un poco rojo!
  16. City Pig from Canada writes: Rt. Revd. Malachy Egan from Halifax, Canada writes: City Pig: you should stick to the fuzzy issues like Fantino.

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    Sorry Rev. just trying to get the ball rolling. I am enjoying the posting on Dion's possible election for the fall.

    I can't type fast enough to keep up.
  17. Proud Canadian from Canada writes: Paul I from Rochester NY, United States writes: """ This makes sense if the depressed woman gives the Viagra to her partner """.. Pope Paul, good afternoon, hope life's great for you. Now with your comment, maybe she should entertain a possible new or replacement partner at times? If "he" is over the hill, maybe its time "he" is replaced. Just like we do, we either can take "Ive got a headache" for the rest of our lives, or get a replacement for the tylenol. Which I did, (get the replacement) which I will thank the world forever. My new wife (2 yrs) is the best. By far the best.
  18. Paul I from Rochester, United States writes: Proud Canadian- Always good to hear from you. Of course none of this silly talk applies to me. At age 55, I am the proud producer of three fine lads ages 13, 10 and 9. Keeps me young and most times I need the Anti-Viagra to help "The King" relax and get a good nights sleep. Save your money boys and marry a younger woman.

    Bless You Proud Canadian- Have A Safe Ride!

    Pope Paul I
  19. garlick toast from Canada writes: These days you'd have to be crazy to not be depressed.Next up from Pfizer,political viagra for a really big election.
  20. Alistair McLaughlin from Canada writes: Marley B from Vancouver, Canada writes: "...men and women don't have to walk around with raging perpetual hard ons."

    Way to take all the fun out of this Marley B.

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