re: FDA advisory committee recommends approval of "female viagra"

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"According to the briefing documents, three studies that compared flibanserin with a placebo found that women using the drug had a median of 0.5 or 1.0 more satisfying sexual events a month, depending on the study. The median number of satisfactory sexual experiences each month before the drug test was two or three."

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That is a HUGE difference for a lot of people. They have women in there that haven't had sex in 10 years.

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I find this really surprising/hard to believe because these types of outcomes are not representative of the study data. That's why this drug has been rejected for approval so many times prior to this because on paper it doesn't seem to do much.

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This is a naive statement. Its nothing to normal people. Its a lot to people born without libido. But don't listen to me, listen to the test patients who were crying tears of happiness in front of the FDA committee.

And the bigger reason it was rejected was safety concerns and lack of evidence, not evidence it doesn't work. There is a difference. They needed more data points for their argument. They provided more evidence, including patient testimony, this time around and it was approved.

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The FDA has twice before rejected the drug, called flibanserin, after previous advisory panels concluded there were questions about its safety and insufficient evidence that the drug was effective for women with low sex drives.

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Also, it's misleading to call this the "female Viagra" because it is taken long term like an SSRI and not as needed like Viagra.

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Yeah, we covered that.

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Not disputing anything you are saying but every Doctor I have ever talked to has said the female sex organ is between their ears. If this stuff makes them THINK they are hornier then they will be.

But that if A OK as far as I am concerned.

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It acts the same way an anti-depressant does I believe. It is all mental, but its chemically altering their mind to make them hornier.

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Not disputing anything you are saying but every Doctor I have ever talked to has said the female sex organ is between their ears.

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is correct and that's the area its affecting.

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it won't replace the roofie?

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Only if you can drop it in her drank everyday for a few months.

Hey I hope it can help people I'm just saying the zero to nympho cases aren't reflected in the data.

I also still wouldn't call an extra 0.5 satisfying experience per month a huge difference. Someone is supposed to take a pill that alters brain chemistry every day so they can have sex 6 times a year?

0.5 to 1.0 was median as well. So half the participants in some of the studies had less than a 0.5 per month increase vs placebo.

From NYT

"But the panel’s recommendation was laced with so many caveats that it seems clear that this particular drug — flibanserin — is only marginally effective and carries some risk of serious adverse effects."