Female Viagra could be reality

It began as an antidepressant
Washington - A drug that was not effective to combat depression could be the answer to the famous female Viagra pill, said the investigator who analyzed the drug tests.

It acts directly on the brain

Women taking the drug flibanserin when he was tested as an antidepressant indicated that they helped them improve their mood but felt "an increase in their libido who liked," he told AFP John Thorp, one of the researchers who analyzed the data of three clinical trials of the drug.

Lack of desire is the most common sexual problem in women 30 to 60 years, as well as erectile dysfunction, for which Viagra is one of the chosen treatment is the most common sexual disorder among men in this strip of age, said Thorp.

"The men remain interested but can not act or function properly and women lose interest," said Thorp.

"So where Viagra and other erectile dysfunction medications work in the blood supply, the flibanserin works in the brain," he said.

Given the reactions of women to flibanserin, the German company first tested as an antidepressant drug, Boehringer Ingelheim, began studying the possibilities several years ago it was the active ingredient to increase female libido.

And clinical studies conducted in Canada, Europe and USA. They found that 100 milligrams a day of flibanserin caused "significant improvements" in both variables.

Would you use a "female Viagra" to increase your libido and sexual intercourse more pleasurable? "