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Female Libido Pill Approved by FDA, With Caveats

posted by martyb on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-color-is-the-pill? dept.

takyon writes:

Flibanserin or Addyi, a female libido-enhancing drug created by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, has been approved by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee:

It was rejected by the FDA twice for lack of effectiveness and side effects like nausea, dizziness and fainting. Women taking the drug reported between half and one more sexually satisfying event per month - results experts admitted were "modest". Originally the drug was produced by German company Boehringer Ingelheim. Sprout bought the drug from that company after it was turned down by the FDA.

Documents from the 4 June FDA advisory meeting describe the drug's purpose of "treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women". Women would take it each night. A doctor would have to determine whether a woman seeking the pill was suffering from a disorder characterised by a lack of sexual fantasies and desire, causing the woman distress. Currently, there is nothing on the US market approved for treatment of HSDD or another condition, female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD). "This condition is clearly an area of unmet medical need," the FDA documents said.

Reuters adds that the FDA will require a warning over "potentially dangerous low blood pressure and fainting when taken with alcohol."

FDA press release.

Previously: Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:49PM (#225080)

    Is the mechanism of action conserved for men?

    I've read somewhere that lack of a man's sexual desire is more disruptive to a romantic relationship due to the pressure of societal expectations. If the drug lowers libido in men then it may also be useful for men that have a much higher sex drive than their partner.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:56PM (#225083)

    "Lack of a man's sexual desire" is code for "man doesn't have enough money to buy me things."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @05:01PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @05:01PM (#225087)

      And i thought men don't understand women ^_^

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @07:42AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @07:42AM (#227449)

        Women understand women and even they don't like them.