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Article: Patch could be the female version of Viagra Menopausal women find interest, pleasure increased, study says
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 20, 2004
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PHILADELPHIA -- Menopausal women had more sex and were happier
about it when using an experimental hormone patch hailed by some as a
possible female equivalent of Viagra, doctors reported Tuesday.
Women on the testosterone patch had sex about four times more than
they usually did in two months compared with only one additional
session for women given a fake patch containing no hormone, a study
found.
Those who got real patches also reported more arousal, pleasure
and orgasms, and had better self-images.
"We found an increase in activity, an increase in desire and a
decrease in distress," said Dr. Robin Kroll, a Seattle gynecologist
who reported results of the study Tuesday at a meeting of ...