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“Failed Antidepressant” Increases Women’s Libido
Category: Pharma NewsFlibanserin, originally meant to fight depression, is a dismal failure in its original pharmacological purpose, but turns out to be an effective libido booster for women.
“It’s essentially a Viagra-like drug for women in that diminished desire or libido is the most common feminine sexual problem, like erectile dysfunction is in men,” reports John Thorp Jr., a principal investigator in the studies and the McAllister distinguished professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.