Viagra for women: does it exist?

Sexual disorders affect women as well as men, and unfortunately, treatments these days, mainly concern men.

However, is there a 비아그라 for women? If so, is it effective, recognized by health professionals, and in which countries is it marketed?

Viagra appeared around 1998, and in the years that followed, other drugs were marketed to treat male sexual disorders, such as Cialis or Levitra in particular.

It was only in the mid-2010s that the first molecule marketed and officially approved by doctors appeared for the indication of a decrease in female sexual desire in pre-menopausal women. It is therefore quite possible to buy Viagra, or its generic Sildenafil, for a woman.

This molecule is called flibanserin. It is only approved in the United States.

What are the results and their effectiveness? Why is it not marketed outside the United States?

Viagra for women: is it effective?

Dubbed “Female Viagra,” it was hoped that flibanserin would provide the same effects as male 비아그라 that is to say, democratize female sexual problems and give very good results on female sexuality.

Unfortunately, the results were very disappointing.

Flibanserin belongs to the globally known class of antidepressants.

“Female Viagra”: dosage and side effects

This treatment is to be taken every day and has several annoying side effects, such as nausea, fatigue, and bleeding outside of menstruation...

비아그라 is particularly effective for 70% of men, while flibanserin is barely effective in one out of two women; a placebo would have about the same effect.

Flibanserin is marketed in the United States under the name of Addyi but there is little chance that this molecule will arrive in Europe, in particular, because of its mixed results.

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Viagra for women: is there another molecule?

Recently, another molecule was approved in the United States for the treatment of female libido; it is bremelanotide.

The disadvantage of this molecule is that it also has side effects for relative effectiveness; but above all, it must be administered by injection under the skin of the belly, which can harm the sexual excitement that it is supposed to cause.

Female Viagra: what to remember

These two molecules are marketed only in the United States, given their inconclusive results.

For the moment, in France and Europe, treatments for female libido are based on psychological and behavioral advice, but also on phytotherapy, mixtures of plants that are safe and beneficial for the libido.

In the meantime, we can only hope that research, over the next few years, will progress, turning a little more towards women, and finding effective libido treatments for women who need them.