WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: no sex drive or orgasms

Re: no sex drive or orgasms

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:17:17 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 26 Jan 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Wed, 26 Jan 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>Studies for the use of Viagra in women are ongoing, but my understanding
>>is that the results are not encouraging.
>
>Can you identify where you've acquired this "understanding?" My
>understanding from the folks at Boston University is that the results
>ARE encouraging--particularly and specifically if the dysfunction is
>physiological.
>
>>90% of sexual response is between the ears. Talk with your
>>doctor.
>
>Every time I've read this it has incensed me. I've never heard the same
>thing about a man's erection. Ever. Why is physiology of female sexual
>response so difficult for some doctors to comprehend or validate? In the
>case presented, drugs may well have been the cause -- but once again we
>get treated to this "90%" business. I don't get it. I just don't. No
>matter how much research is done on sexual function that validates the
>physiological aspect of blood flow to the uterus, vagina and clitoris as
>all having an impact on orgasm as well as the central nervous system
>that sends those signals to the brain as well as the multitude of drugs
>that we darn well know intereferes with the whole process....it is still
>impossible to get some doctors to validate the very real physiological
>aspects of female orgasm. Why is this?
>
>sweetpea@loveable.com

I sorry if I hacked you off. In point of fact, the same is true for the man as well. Erectile dysfunction is far more likely to have emotional and psychological overlay than to be purely physical in origin. I heard that the data on Viagra use in women is disappointing from one of the researchers in a personal communication. It simply does not seem to have the impact on orgasm that they were hoping for. It may not be useless, but it is not a pancea.

Nothing that I wrote implies an any way that there are not physical conditions that interfere with sexual response, both for men and for women. You need to see your doctor, have an evaluation to see if there are any physical causes. I specifically mentioned that Depo-Provera can indeed interfere with sexual response, as can OCPs, and a change in contraception may help. Go see your doctor, and prepare yourself for some changes in the way you are doing things.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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