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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: ChronoReverse on December 05, 2004, 07:25:57 pm

Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: ChronoReverse on December 05, 2004, 07:25:57 pm
http://www.healthtalk.ca/testosterone_patch_12052004_8222.php


Am I the only one to see more than a "potential" problem with women using testosterone (of all hormones) as an aphrodisiac?
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Knight Templar on December 05, 2004, 07:33:20 pm
It makes them furry like animal! Grr baby, grrr!
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Rictor on December 05, 2004, 10:18:27 pm
So what we'll end up with is a bunch of horny women, but they'll all be turned into butch lesbians by the drug?

Kind of negates the desired effects, no?
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Knight Templar on December 05, 2004, 10:38:17 pm
Yes, but butch lesbians are still lesbians.
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Flipside on December 06, 2004, 12:34:06 am
Why is it I find the thread title strangely amusing......?
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 09:47:54 pm
Um, why does a woman need a "viagra"? I thought viagra was to help blokes who can't get it up for whatever reason. As far as I'm aware, women don't have anything to "get up", so what's the point?

ChronoReverse: IIRC, testosterone is the hormone responsible for sexual desires and urges*. Women don't have it in nearly as large amounts as men, but they still have it.


*Note: this may be pure garbage. :D
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Bobboau on December 06, 2004, 09:50:50 pm
men get hard women get wet

I was going to put tthat less crudely, but it doesn't get the point acrss as well.
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: ChronoReverse on December 06, 2004, 09:51:40 pm
It's true that women do produce small amounts of testosterone.  But to use it wantonly like viagra is really asking for trouble.

I'm just pointing out the way they say that "more clinical tests will be required to determine if there are any long-term side effects".  Do they mean side-effects beyond growing facial hair?
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: phreak on December 06, 2004, 10:04:27 pm
nothing a bathtub full of nair won't fix.
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: übermetroid on December 06, 2004, 10:04:42 pm
hehehe  clinical tests...  

Where do you sign up?  :D
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 10:06:39 pm
bob: Yeah, but you can use a simple substitute for that, which is probably vastly cheaper, and definitely safer than a chemical intervention. A man would be physically incapable of performing, but a woman would still technically be able to. It might not be as pleasant/comfortable, but there's no physical obstacle.

I'm still not quite getting this - is this meant to be a solution to medical problems, or merely an aphrodisiac? 'Cos there's loads of natural aphrodisiacs...

Chrono: Oh, yeah - long term testosterone treatment for women leads to all kinds of stuff. (I think) things like bad-temperedness, loss of fertility, and more. I suppose it would depend how often it was used. I mean, once in a while wouldn't do much. Women's testosterone levels skyrocket when they get drunk, for example. Frequent use would, I suspect, cause problems though....
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Anaz on December 06, 2004, 10:28:06 pm
I wonder if excess testosterone would make women flat...
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Ford Prefect on December 06, 2004, 10:30:51 pm
Maybe they'll grow penises. *Shudder* Then they'll get erections but I won't... ever again....
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Kamikaze on December 06, 2004, 10:37:57 pm
Hmm... there used to be libido-reducing drugs adminstered to gay people who were convicted. Alan Turing was one of the victims of these sorts of drugs, he actually grew unnaturally large breasts due to the estrogen in the drug.

So testosterone might have an opposite effect.
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 10:40:02 pm
Yeah. Gets you horny, and/or aggressive. Also gives you heart problems and fertility issues (I think)...
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Stealth on December 06, 2004, 10:51:31 pm
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Maybe they'll grow penises. *Shudder* Then they'll get erections but I won't... ever again....
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OOOOOOOOOHK.  i think it's gone far enough!!!
Title: Women "Viagra" delayed
Post by: Grug on December 07, 2004, 12:53:04 am
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Originally posted by Bobboau
men get hard women get wet

I was going to put tthat less crudely, but it doesn't get the point acrss as well.


I was eating when I got to that post, and choked in laughter.

I guess it was my own fault for picking such a thread to read while eating dinner eh?