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Article: PILL EFFECTS; Why your libido may suffer permanent..(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2005
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Byline: By SALLY JANES
IT'S one of life's cruel ironies. A woman finds a boyfriend, goes on the Pill - and goes off sex.
Now researchers have discovered that the problem of lost libido is worse than they thought.
The 3.5 million women on the contraceptive pill in Britain could see their sex drive dive for ever.
Loss of libido is a recognised side effect of the Pill and is caused by a lowering of the sex hormone testosterone, responsible for the sex drive in both men and women.
A number of other sexual side-effects are associated ...