but when they try to interfere with other people getting it that's another story, if this works I expect oppositon from both conservatives and many self discribed feminists. BTW I saw an tv ad for the first time for what appears to be a female counterpart to the "natural male enhancement" stuff.

...if it were available, at least somewhat reasonably priced, and generally free of nasty side effects, I would take it.

I'm pretty sure I have the world's lowest sex drive, and my poor husband suffers right along with me. He never complains, but I worry a lot about feeling like he is missing something because I'm rarely interested. Hell, I worry that I'm missing something because I'm rarely interested.

I sure hope so I've been waiting long enough

I suppose one could do it that way, but I find that going down on a woman works just about every time. No wait. It works EVERY time. An unhaler? Seriously?

"And -- Bremolanotide being a patently terrible name -- what do you think the company should call it?"

How 'bout: Feral Moan ?

Even if it is just a press release, it does make it quite clear this is not the female version of viagra.

Viagra (which works for both sexes) increases blood flow to the erectile tissues - this can help with many organic sexual dysfunctions. But it does nothing for actual sexual desire, except maybe the placebo effect.

*Supposedly* this new stuff works directly on the brain to actually induce sexual arousal - a different kettle of fish altogether. We see whether it lives up to the hype once it gets real studies.

gimme!!

I think I have relatively low sex drive for a guy. That, or it's my Catholic schooling.

But I can and do super-multiple orgasm and can go for hours when in the mood.

I cannot imagine how superorgasmic men and women would become with such a drug.

Sounds like it should be illegal.

Um, frigidity is not exactly "an old canard." It's real. I worked for a married couple and the wife was definitely frigid. She was actually proud of it, bragged about it, and told me she was always leading her husband on to expect sex and then denying it to him. I felt bad for him. She could have used this drug. That is, if she could have gotten off of her power long enough to actually consider using it.

Modulo side effects etc., I would try it at least once. Like one of the anonymous posters above, I have a wonderful husband with a big libido -- and my libido took a nose dive several years ago. I'd be quite happy to be interested in having sex with him again.

I was married to a sexual camel -- she could store up one event and make it last for up to three months. This was probably due to the antidepressants she was taking. They can do a number on the libido.

Do you know what it's like to be married to someone who won't touch you? It's miserable. I felt like the least attractive person in the universe. My own mental health took a nose dive because of it, and we divorced.

I'm not saying that this new drug would have saved the marriage, but please think a little more broadly (no pun intended) before dismissing the necessity of it.

I'd sure like to know a lot more specifics about how it works. And speaking for my daughter, who works as an emergency med tech, she'll be glad it's not another viagra-type product. Viagra is most useful for guys who have conditions like diabetes and who are older - the type of guys who also get angina and on occassion need nitro to stop the angina. So, daughter goes out on emergency call, patient is elderly guy with chest pain who has a prescription for nitro and has it available. She is allowed to give it, but first she has to ask, have you taken anything like viagra within the last 36 hours. If they have, the nitro will cause a drastic, possibly fatal drop in blood pressure. Not fun at all.

I know what this proposed pharmaceutical should be called: "A supposedly fun drug I'll never do."

why not? I'd try it just for kicks and giggles.

If it works, this drug will give a big advantage to older, homelier, wealthier men compared to young, handsome, penniless men when it comes to attracting women. The reason: the drug could make a plain-looking man seem attractive (or at least screwable), but no drug has been invented that makes a poor man seem wealthy.