Solving A Common-and Personal-problem

Called the "wonder drug," Viagra has been prescribed to more than 23 million men to treat their impotence. But what about the even greater number of women who suffer from various forms of sexual problems?

It seems many may finally get the help they need.

An estimated 40 percent of women experience some kind of sexual difficulty or dissatisfaction as they get older or as a result of taking antidepressant medication. Now, a new NIH-registered study shows that a widely available, over-the-counter solution could help them regain some of the sensation, pleasure and desire that they've lost.

While the FDA does not require clinical trials of nonprescription consumer products, Zestra Laboratories, the company that manufactures the solution, elected to conduct its second FDA-quality study at 13 research centers to further assess the product's safety and effectiveness.

The results were promising for women across the country-particularly for the many millions of women taking SSRI antidepressants, which are widely known to reduce sexual desire and cause difficulty with sexual arousal.

"With the results achieved from the clinical trial, we can say that Zestra demonstrated benefits in desire and arousal, as well as sex life satisfaction," notes David M. Ferguson, Ph.D., M.D., FACCP, a leading authority in female and male sexual medicine research and director of the Zestra study.

The study puts this nonprescription solution in a class by itself, making it the only available product clinically shown to improve a woman's sexual experience. The topically applied "feminine arousal fluid," as it's called, is made from a patented blend of botanical ingredients and is completely natural. It's available in drugstores and retailers.

The nonprescription solution has been welcomed by women and doctors alike, many of whom point out the lack of studies performed on female sexual dysfunction, and the controversial methods sometimes used to treat it.

For instance, some prescription treatments focus on hormone levels and use hormone therapies to try to increase sex drives. Hormone replacement has been linked to a number of complications, including increased risk of breast cancer.

Additionally, there are currently no FDA-approved prescription drugs to treat female sexual dysfunction-in sharp contrast to the many drugs available to treat men suffering from similar problems. Yet doctors say women experience a greater incidence of sexual difficulties than men, especially as they approach menopause.

By: Wendy Mitchell

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To learn more, visit the Web site www.zestra.com. Forty percent of women experience problems with intimacy, primarily caused by aging or certain medications.