{"id":7610,"date":"2010-06-18T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T08:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2011-12-28T11:39:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T19:39:23","slug":"female-little-blue-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/mind-body-spirit\/female-little-blue-pill.html","title":{"rendered":"Female Little Blue Pill: Bad Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boehringer Ingelheim, a German drug company, has developed a drug called flibanserin, which some are calling the \u201cfemale Viagra.\u201d The drug is an antidepressant which holds some promise in making <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/7-ways-to-have-rock-star-sex.html\/\">sex<\/a> <\/strong>more pleasurable and desirable for women. The FDA is reviewing the drug today, and is expected to make a decision. (Boehringer Ingelheim is already preparing an advertising campaign for the drug, and have selected soap star and former Playboy model Lisa Rinna, who suffers from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/sexual-switch-in-a-womans-head.html\/\"><strong>female sexual dysfunction<\/strong><\/a>, as their spokesmodel.)<\/p>\n<p>However, many have spoken out against the drug, including Liz Canner, who directed the documentary \u201cOrgasm, Inc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t see why it will be approved,\u201d Canner told <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/ReproductiveHealth\/food-drug-administration-considers-approval-female-viagra-flibanserin\/story?id=10940368\"><strong>ABC News<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI am really shocked the drug has gone this far. Most women are healthy, and it&#8217;s not so much that their testosterone levels or serotonin levels or genital engorgement is a problem, it really is that a lot of women are in poor relationships and stressed out due to overwork.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A Boehringer-funded study found that 43 percent of women experience sexual problems, but that only 12 percent are \u201cdistressed\u201d by them. Side effects are unknown, but many of the outspoken critics of the drug believe that nothing good can come from chemically altering women\u2019s natural biological rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think \u2013 could such a drug be an effective <a href=\"http:\/\/californiapsychics.com\/articles\/Features\/489\/Meditate_Meditate.aspx\"><strong>treatment<\/strong><\/a>? Or is it a dangerous \u201csolution\u201d whose side-effects \u2013 biologically, psychologically, and culturally \u2013 be negative and destructive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flibanserin or &#8220;female Viagra&#8221; is under FDA review today. 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