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A testosterone patch for women
called Intrinsa has been approved
in Europe but was rejected by the
FDA due to concerns about longterm safety. But the drug has
sparked a backlash from some
medical and psychiatric
professionals who question
whether low sex drive in women
should even be considered a
condition best treated with drugs.
They point to the results of a
large survey in which about 40%
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of women reported some sort of
sexual problem -- most
commonly low sexual desire -but only 12% said they felt
distressed about it. With all the
factors that go into the stew that
piques sexual desire in women,
some doctors say a drug should
be the last ingredient to consider,
rather than the first.