What Is It About Women That Researchers Just Don't "Get"? Oh, You Mean Women Have Sexual Dysfunction Problems, Too? Duh.
Want a fulfilling sex life after 40? DonÂ’t replace the woman, balance her hormones. Pzifer spent eight years studying the effects of Viagra on womenÂ’s sexual problems, and gave up. They should have checked womenÂ’s hormones for imbalances. A little testosterone goes a very long way.
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) September 16, 2005
Just in from the AP, "The latest research—being done by academics, rather than commercial drug companies—suggests a neurological solution is needed [to help restore sexual function for women]."
Excuse me? Why isn't the medical establishment using their collective head?
Sexual function for women, like more than 400 other functions, is regulated by hormones, hormones that have potent neurological effects on the brain and nerves throughout the body, including the clitoris.
When ovarian hormones are out of balance—as is quite a frequent situation, especially as our foods and lifestyles are overwhelming us with chemicals that alter our hormones—it plays havoc with our lives. Including our sex lives. Estradiol and testosterone help these nerve pathways to function optimally for sexual arousal, as well as normal sleep, mood and pain regulation.
If no one is bothering to check those basic women's hormones, is it any wonder that women have more problems with sexual dysfunction than men? No.
Women need testosterone, too. Not too much, but enough. As Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M. D. says in her book, The Savvy Woman's Guide to Testosterone, "Testosterone is as natural to women as estrogen. It is not simply for men. In fact, from your teen years until menopause, your body will make more testosterone than estrogen. And testosterone is crucial to a woman's health and well-being. Without adequate testosterone a woman suffers from loss of interest in sex and sexual sensation, feels blah, flat or blue, is easily fatigued, suffers from low energy and decreased stamina—not to mention brain function, loses her hair, shrinks in size and can suffer frequent headaches."
Sound like anyone you know?
And, oh, yes, chemical companies, women are much more complicated than men. Why is it that you are constantly overlooking women's hormones in the never-ending search for a new drug to give women instead? Profits? In place of our health?
No wonder Pfizer had problems with Viagra for women and gave up after eight years of study. Pfizer isn't addressing the real problem. Viagra doesn't "fix" a hormone imbalance, it fixes a manÂ’s plumbing problem.
Let's put it this way, if women were treated by the medical community properly, rather than plied with an endless concoction of horse estrogens and a different drug for every symptom, perhaps we, too, could have a sex life as depicted in endless ads that bombard us daily.
Perhaps more marriages would last longer, as more women could enjoy their right to a fulfilling sex life rather than suffer the ravages of too low testosterone levels.
Hey, Corporate Chemical Company and Academic Ivory Tower Types, wake up. It's our hormones, stupid. Come up with a viable, easy-to-use women's version of a bioidentical testosterone, and get the FDA to stop blocking our access to it. Teach our medical community to learn how to balance our hormones.
Not only would you save a bundle on wasted research hunting for another medication that doesn't work, but by taking advantage of volumes of research already available you could actually help the women of this country return to normal, active, productive lives. And make money doing it. Then everybody wins.
What is so bad about that?
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, nationally-recognized speaker on women’s health issues, is the founder and Medical Director of HER Place®: Health Enhancement and Renewal for Women, Inc.®, whose programs examine and evaluate the hormone changes that affect women physically, emotionally, and socially.
Dr. Vliet has presented numerous scientific papers and keynote addresses at regional, national, and international conferences. She regularly teaches Continuing Medical Education courses on WomenÂ’s Health to physicians and other health professionals. Her books include: ItÂ’s My Ovaries, Stupid!, Screaming to Be Heard: Hormone Connections Women SuspectÂ… and Doctors Still Ignore; Women, Weight and Hormones; and The Savvy WomanÂ’s Guide to Testosterone, How to Revitalize Your Sexuality, Strength and Stamina.
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