A new product is being tested in Virginia currenlty as a possible female answer to the male enhancement drug Viagra, for women with low libido, or hypoactive sex drive, which is said to affect roughly one third of all women!  That’s an astounding number, and not the best news for men who seem to not have that problem as much, but more so have problems with impotence, premature ejaculation, and sometimes have a low libido problem which they need help for.

The product is a little different from Viagra though, because it is not a pill that is swallowed, but instead is a gel that is applied externally the woman’s upper arm, and the product is supposed to absorb and go to work to within the next 24 hours after application and boost a woman’s desire for sex.  The product, called LibiGel (a play on the word “libido”), is supposed to contain testosterone, which is the hormone often cited as being the primary revver-upper of sexual desire, as well as some other more inactive ingredients that are stilled designed to enhance sensation.

The drug is also being tested by almost 100 other institutions currently as an effective female sexual enhancement product that can compete with Viagra but only in the female market, and it is made by a pharmaceutical company called BioSante that is based in Illinois.  If the drug is tested as effective and reasonably safe, it could get the greenlight from the FDA fairly quickly, especially since it is an externally applied product and is not an actual internal product. 

It’s high time that a pharmaceutical company comes out with a product that addresses women’s lack of sex drive, because we all know that men have a bevy of male sexual enhancement drugs to choose from, not to mention tons more herbal alternatives to sexual enhancement for men than there are currently for women, which is something we hope to be seeing change in this 2008 year.