FDA Approves First Drug To Boost Women's Sexual Desire
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug designed to increase a woman's libido.To get more news about
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The controversial decision was hailed by some doctors and advocates as a long-sought victory for women's health, but was condemned by others as irresponsible and dangerous.
The little pink pill, known generically as flibanserin, will be sold under the brand name Addyi beginning Oct. 17, according to its maker, Sprout Pharmaceuticals. The medicine is to be taken daily to treat premenopausal women suffering from hypoactive sexual desire disorder, which is essentially a sudden, unexplained loss of any desire to have sex.
"Addyi is a game changer, in my opinion, for women's health," said Cynthia Whitehead, Sprout's CEO. "For decades, millions of women have been waiting for a medical solution to restore their sexual desire. And I'm thrilled that today the decision is finally being turned over to women and their health care providers regarding their sexual health."
The pill has long history of controversy. The company and its supporters had essentially accused the FDA of being sexist for rejecting the drug twice before while approving Viagra and other drugs to help men with their sexual problems.For far too long we've reduced all things in the bedroom for men to biology, as witnessed by countless treatment options, and we've reduced all things for women to psychology," Whitehead says.
In June, Sprout finally convinced an FDA advisory committee to recommend the drug's approval by providing new studies to show it can safely boost a woman's sex drive, enabling them to have more satisfying sexual experiences.
The decision was welcomed by some doctors and women's advocates, who said they hoped it would open to the door to more drugs to help women with sexual problems.
"Clearly we need more than just one medication — women need to have an array of choices that meets their specific medical needs," says Terry O'Neill of the National Organization for Women. "So with this success I think there will be more development of more medications. And that is all to the good."
But the FDA's approval was being denounced by critics. They say Addyi doesn't work very well, if at all, and can cause troubling side effects.
According to the documents released in conjunction with the advisory panel's June meeting, three studies that compared Addyi 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.
