Strong Enough for a MAN, Made for a Man!

Why should women be limited to off label testosterone use for HSDD which is made for a man, not a woman!  The side effects are not worth the limited ( if any ) benefit and some are irreversible.

Happy New Year and here's hoping for an FDA approval of a product made for a WOMAN!

http://www.sexhealthmatters.org/did-you-know/women-and-testosterone-therapy/P2

Is your LACK of DESIRE DISTRESSING???

Sexual consequences represent potential maintaining factors of sexual dysfunction that are highly distressing to women.
Lack of desire with associated distress is the primary basis for a hypoactive sexual desire disorder ( HSDD ).  I would know as I have been diagnosed with this disorder.  And yes, it is distressing!!    

Hoping the FDA's new year's resolution is to pass the first FDA approved option for women with HSDD to help EVEN THE SCORE!!

Read the study below for a better understanding of HSDD and the association between lack of desire and distress,  Very enlightening!!

Here's a highlight of what's in store... impaired female sexual function may be
distressing primarily because it prevents the experience of sexual pleasure and/or prevents sex altogether for some women. 

Go to EVENTHESCORE.org for more information!

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12804/full

New Year's Resolution : Even the Score

Here's a highlight of the top 10 2014 women's health advancements! Here's hoping the top 2015 victory will be our "little pink pill"!!

Should my libido be forgot...😢😢

https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/column/the-top-10-advances-in-womens-health-in-2014

26 to 0 - Is 1 too much to ask??

All I wanted for Christmas was...an FDA approved treatment for HSDD!!

Men have Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, Testosterone and the list goes on to 26 FDA approved medical treatments!!

Here's a sample of what women have.  All  UNAPPROVED, mystery options with unknown efficacy or side effects.

PLEASE visit the website below and enter your comments to the FDA before 12/31/2014!!

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketBrowser;rpp=50;po=0;D=FDA-2014-N-1413

#WOMENDESERVE

• Avlimil
• Climestra
• Extenze for Women
• Fematril
• FemElle
• Femtia
• FemXL
• HerSolution Gel & Tablets
• Intivar
• K-Y Intense
• Libido for Her
• LibiGel
• Lyriana
• Provestra
• Scentuelle
• Vibrel
• Vigorelle
• Zestra

Over 50 in all!!

All I want from Santa is my SEX DRIVE Back!

                                       

Santa Baby, just slip a pink pill under my tree, for ME!

I've been distressed for so long!

Santa Baby, and hurry down my chimney tonight.

Think of all the girls who tried, and had dramatic increase in their sexual drive

Don't you think, after all of that, women deserve this Christmas treat?

Santa Cutie, an FDA approval will do, 'tis true!

So I can find my desire,

Santa Cutie, and hurry down my chimney tonight.

Think of all the sex I've missed, think of how I used to

always want to kiss

I really do, my husband too, just want a chance to get back my drive!

Santa honey, we've waited patiently through the years, oh dear!

We hope the FDA heard our voice

Santa Honey, and hurry down my chimney tonight.

Think of all the times I'd flirt, think of how I used to always initiate

Now I'm tired and feeling blue, my husband wants me back and so do I.

Santa Baby, we'd like your help to Even The Score, once more!

The boys have 26 and we have NONE,

Santa Baby, and hurry down my chimney tonight!

Dedicated to all women who have experienced HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER, those who were fortunate enough to be on the Flibanserin clinical trial and the men who have endured with us during our quest to EVENTHESCORE.

I, for one, have a husband who is ready for the gift of initiation and flirtation from me this Christmas!!!

HO HO HO and Happy Holidays!

Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder : Fact or Fiction

One year ago, same story only now 26 to 1!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anita-h-clayton-md/women-sex-myths_b_4372069.html

Anita H. Clayton, MD

Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences; David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Do you lack a desire for sex? If you're saying "no" while your partner reads this over your shoulder nodding "yes," you are not alone. Most women think it's natural for their sex lives to wane over time, and going from having sex several times a week to just a couple of times a month (if you're feeling lucky) is no big deal. 

The reality is: It is a big deal. The 1960 approval of the birth control pill was supposed to be the beginning of the sexual revolution for women. But nearly half a century has passed, and Western society has still not caught up. Nevertheless, even in the face of society's longstanding disregard of female sexuality, it is viewed by most as a critical component to overall health and quality of life.

One of the central factors being debated with regard to women's sexual rights is the question of whether female sexual problems are actually real. Some argue that female sexual disorders, specifically hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), are simply a conspiracy perpetrated by the pharmaceutical industry to mislead women to feel that their sexual function is inadequate and that their problems are simple and easy to treat with drugs. Unfortunately, the result of this misguided message is to disempower women. Unintentional as it may be, this message invalidates the experience of those women who are having sexual problems.

The response of health care professionals, researchers, policy makers and activists should be to listen to women and respect what they are saying about their experiences. It is wrong to make women feel like they are defective when they do not feel that way themselves. However, it is just as incorrect to discount women's distress when they express it. Are we really going to revert to telling women who are suffering from sexual problems that ''it's all in your head''? 

Instead, let's help women uncover their personal truth.

Sexual dysfunction, including low sexual desire, is a real medical condition. It is known as hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD, and occurs when there is an absence or lack of sexual thoughts, fantasies or interest in sexual activity, which causes distress and difficulty in a couple's relationship or communication. It is estimated that 1 in 10 women in the United States suffer from low sexual desire that causes distress. That's 16 million women who feel the loss of an integral part of themselves.

Women want to want but they often don't want to talk about it. Sexuality is an important part of who we are as women, but as many of us lead busy professional and personal lives as wives, mothers and caregivers, it's easy to put sex low on the priority list. When women talk honestly about their desire, they don't typically say "I can live without it." Instead, they talk about how they want to get it back. They want to want. 

Unfortunately, talking about sex is still taboo, so much so that women and even health care professionals will avoid it. This gap in communication, along with the societal notion that it's normal or acceptable for women not to want sex, can stifle a necessary discussion about the real sexual problems women are facing.

Low sexual desire impacts more than just sex. It can be associated with significant distress that goes way beyond the bedroom and affects every aspect of life, including body image, mood, self-confidence and self-worth. Many women say they keenly feel the loss of desire, leaving them feeling disappointed, frustrated and inadequate. 

If a woman routinely plans to go to bed after her partner falls asleep to avoid being approached for sex, her partner may feel at fault or undesirable and, simply put, they just throw in the towel. This results in a downward spiral of blame and avoidance, which equates to less sex, less intimacy and less connectedness.

It's not a simple on/off switch for women. Desire is the result of a complex interplay of social, psychological and biological components. If, for example, a lack of sexual interest is due to a cultural or religious belief system, it is socially rooted. If psychology is at the heart of low sexual desire -- for example, relationship issues -- talk therapy/counseling is the appropriate pathway for intervention. 

If both the social and psychological components are not causing low sexual desire, then biology may be to blame. New science into women's sexual function has shown that there can be an imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory processes mediated through key neurotransmitters, or chemicals, in the brain that affect sexual drive.

There are no treatments currently available for low sexual desire in women. Male sexual dysfunction has been addressed for almost two decades now -- there are 23 FDA-approved treatments for either erectile dysfunction (ED) or low testosterone.* Yes, it may be easier to measure ED (does he have an erection or not?), but it's not okay to neglect women's issues, which unlike men may not be visibly identifiable, and then place the blame on stress, kids or time. 

Having treatment options that address each of the social, psychological and biological components at play only seems logical. Let's face it -- we've had answers to the primary components for men for a while now. HSDD is just as much a problem in women, as ED is in men. In fact, more women than men voice some form of sexual complaint when asked -- 43 percent vs. 31 percent. Yet, after several attempts, no treatment for low sexual desire in women has been approved. 

As a psychiatrist who has been treating women with low sexual desire for more than 20 years, I am excited about the advances in research that we've seen for women in recent years. Research has shown that women's loss of desire is not made up or a myth. But research isn't enough. If men are allowed to have a choice that will help improve their sex lives, women should be afforded the same. Let's take discussions about sex out of the bedroom, make a solution for HSDD widely available for women, and let women make the choice. Heck, we make the decisions about everything else, don't we?

*References:

There are 23 FDA-approved treatments for either erectile dysfunction (ED) or low testosterone: low testosterone treatments, PDE5 inhibitors and alprostadil treatments.

The LITTLE PINK PILL

It’s called the “little pink pill,” a tiny tablet that could have a huge impact on treating female sexual dysfunction. If it’s approved, it would become the first drug of its kind on the market.

But that’s a big IF.

The drug Flibanserin is locked in a heated battle for approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raising controversial questions about why there are so many sexual enhancement drugs available for men and zero for women.

Cindy Whitehead, the founder and COO of Sprout Pharmaceuticals, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based company focused on producing only Flibanserin, has been fighting for FDA approval for the drug for three years.

“There are 25 approved drugs for some form of male sexual dysfunction, but still a great big zero for the most common form of FSD [female sexual dysfunction],” Whitehead said. “No matter how or why we got here, we're here, and we've got to come up with a solution for it.”

Flibanserin is more than curing a weak libido. It’s specifically for treating Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, or HSDD. Gynecologist and sexual health crusader Dr. Lauren Streicher explained that HSDD goes much deeper than just a low sex drive.

“[HSDD] is a very specific problem in a woman who doesn’t think about sex, she doesn’t fantasize, she doesn’t desire sex,” Streicher said. “What makes it different is that it’s distressing to her. This has a negative impact on her. She’s worried about it, she’s frustrated.”

According to the International Journal of Women’s Health, as many as 1 in 10 women suffer from HSDD. While many doctors agree HSDD is a problem that should be addressed, there are no medical treatment options.

Whitehead believes Flibanserin is the solution to solving female sexual dysfunction, but said it’s not accurate to call the drug “female Viagra” because it doesn’t work in the same way that Viagra does for men.

“Viagra is a blood-flow issue, a mechanical issue, and Flibanserin works on key chemicals in the brain,” she said.

Scientists have known for years that a woman’s most significant sexual organ is actually her brain, which is what makes female desire disorders so hard to treat.

Flibanserin is taken daily at bedtime, but it’s not a hormonal supplement. Instead, the pill manipulates certain chemicals in the brain to achieve desire.

To test it in clinical trials, Whitehead said it was important to find women who genuinely suffer from HSDD, and not just boredom.

“There's a diagnostic questionnaire that physicians go through, and they really can pretty quickly get to whether or not this is a relationship dynamic or something that's happening biologically,” she said.

Amanda Parrish said that’s exactly what she was facing. A mother of four from Nashville, Tenn., Parrish said she used to have a smoldering sex life with her husband, but over time, things cooled off. She said the problem wasn’t with him, but with her.

“I felt like even though we were close and having a great relationship there was something that wasn't extremely gratifying,” Parrish said. “There was something just not there, so I was in search of something that would make that happen.”

Feeling pressure to be a so-called “wholesome soccer mom,” Parrish said she never discussed the issue with her friends but had a feeling she wasn’t alone.

For the rest of the story, click the link below:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fight-pink-pill-boosting-womens-sex-drive-raises/story?id=23813586

Here's the link to the ABC Nightline piece...same story in video form

http://abcnews.go.com/topics/lifestyle/health/low-sex-drive.htm