Article: Pill can ruin a woman's sex drive 'for ever'.

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
January 2, 2006
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Byline: FIONA MACRAE

TAKING the Pill may destroy a woman's sex drive permanently, research suggests.

Scientists have shown that the contraceptive taken by 3.5million British women dramatically reduces levels of a hormone that governs libido.

Previous studies have suggested that while oral contraceptives can dampen desire, the effects are reversible, with a woman's sex drive returning to normal within a By Fiona MacRae month of coming off the Pill. Now, it appears the changes are longlasting - and could even be permanent.

Lead researcher Dr Irwin Goldstein advised women suffering problems with libido to switch to a different method of ...

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