“Viagra isn't just for erectile dysfunction any more,” said Alexis Madrigal in Wired magazine’s Wired Science blog. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the little blue pill that is so popular with men might be helpful for women experiencing sexual dysfunction because of antidepressant drugs. If nothing else, the findings will “create an entirely new subgenre of the Viagra joke.”
This is no laughing matter for the women it could help, said SavvyHealthGirl’s Blog. They’re “in a dark place called depression,” but the one thing that helps comes with devastating sexual side effects. If doctors can tell patients they don’t have to give up orgasms to get help, maybe more of them will stay on their antidepressants.
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